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TexasTowelie

(116,799 posts)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 03:49 AM Nov 2020

Will the Confederate statues be moved in Macon? Here's an update on lawsuit, funding

A lawsuit attempting to prevent the removal of two Confederate statues from downtown Macon is back in a Bibb County courtroom.

Federal Judge Hugh Lawson decided to remand the case to Bibb County Superior Court, stating his U.S. District Court did not have jurisdiction over the plaintiff’s remaining state claims, according to the order.

The plaintiff Martin Bell, the state commander of the Military Order of the Stars and Bars Georgia Society Inc., which is also listed as a plaintiff in the lawsuit, filed the complaint against Macon-Bibb County with state and federal charges in Bibb County Superior Court.

Because the complaint had federal charges, Bibb County filed a notice of removal to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, which was granted.

Read more: https://www.macon.com/news/politics-government/article247367804.html

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Will the Confederate statues be moved in Macon? Here's an update on lawsuit, funding (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2020 OP
I grew up in Macon - the town voted 5-4 to move the statues MaryMagdaline Nov 2020 #1

MaryMagdaline

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1. I grew up in Macon - the town voted 5-4 to move the statues
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 07:59 AM
Nov 2020

Macon tries very hard to have racial harmony. I’m hoping for the best

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