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Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 15, 2017
The city of Memphis is prepared to sue the state of Tennessee to remove confederate statues from city owned land, Fox 13 reports. “There is no place in the city of Memphis for signs or symbols of hatred, bigotry or racism,” said City Council Chairman Berlin Boyd. The city must get approval from the Tennessee Historical Commission before a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest can be removed. That issue is currently being taken up in court, but a second statue of Jefferson Davis has not yet been addressed. City Attorney Bruce McMullen said the city will add him to the list of statues they want down on an amended waiver adding if that is denied, “We are prepared to go all the way to the Tennessee Supreme Court on this issue.”