Alabama sues Birmingham for covering monument

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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Aug 16, 2017, 8:00 PM ET

Alabama's attorney general sued the city of Birmingham and its mayor Wednesday for obscuring a Confederate monument in a downtown park, citing a new state law that protects such markers.

"The city of Birmingham does not have the right to violate the law and leaves my office with no choice but to file suit," Attorney General Steve Marshall said in a statement.

Legislators passed a law earlier this year prohibiting the removal of historical structures including rebel memorials. So Birmingham Mayor William Bell ordered the city's 52-foot-tall Confederate obelisk in Linn Park Memorial covered with wooden panels.

The box-like structure covers a panel that says the memorial to Confederate soldiers and sailors was dedicated in 1905 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. City workers began installing the structure Tuesday ...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/birmingham-covers-confederate-monument-49247435

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1. You lost the civil war assholes. Get over it.

Your "heritage" is not something you should want to cling to. Deplorable dimwits.

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2. Alabama AG argues Birmingham faces $25K per day fine over Confederate monument

By Howard Koplowitz

The state of Alabama's lawsuit against Birmingham for erecting a barrier around a Confederate monument in Linn Park calls argues that violating of the law carries a $25,000 per day fine, but Attorney General Steve Marshall said Thursday that the penalty is "not an effort to punish the city" financially ...

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/alabama_ag_argues_birmingham_f.html