Judge overturns Silent Sam settlement between UNC, Sons of Confederate Veterans
Source: abc 11
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- A judge has overturned the controversial deal between the University of North Carolina System and the Sons of Confederate Veterans over the Silent Sam monument. The agreement gave control of the statue to the Confederate group.
The deal, struck without public knowledge before Thanksgiving 2019, gave Silent Sam to the Sons of Confederate Veterans, set up a $2.5 million trust to pay for things related to the monument, and forked over an additional $75,000 to the Confederate group in exchange for the group agreeing to not wave Confederate flags on any UNC campus during the next five years.
Judge Allen Baddour ruled Wednesday the settlement between the two groups does not have standing.
His ruling dissolves the $2.5 million trust. However, lawyers for Sons of Confederate Veterans said some of that money has already been used.
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