The Latest: NC governor wants Confederate monuments removed

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 5:28 pm, Tuesday, August 15, 2017

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on a demonstration that resulted in a Confederate statue in North Carolina being torn down (all times local):

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6 p.m.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper says Confederate monuments "should come down" and wants the legislature to repeal a law preventing state and local governments from removing them permanently and limiting their relocation.

In a message posted Tuesday on the website Medium, Cooper said North Carolina "cannot continue to glorify a war against the United States of America fought in the defense of slavery."

 
The Democratic governor says Civil War history doesn't belong in "a place of allegiance on our Capitol grounds." There are three such monuments around the old Capitol in Raleigh, along with dozens across the state at county courthouses.

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[sandensea]

1. Good on you, Gov. Cooper - but please stay safe.

These gun-humping neo-confederates won't take kindly to an announcement like that.

[Binkie The Clown]

2. I've said it before: These are monuments to treason, plain and simple. n/t

[krispos42]

3. Obvious truth is obvious.

But at last it's becoming wide spread.