BREAKING: Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, invokes emergency powers to order immediate removal of Confederate statues; work crews being taking down Stonewall Jackson statue.
RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney on Wednesday ordered the immediate removal of all Confederate statues in the city, saying he was using his emergency powers to speed up the healing process for the former capital of the Confederacy amid weeks of protests over police brutality and racial injustice.
Stoney said he was also moving quickly because protesters have already toppled several Confederate monuments and is concerned that people could be hurt trying to take down the gigantic statues.Stoney’s move came on the day a new state law took effect granting control of the monuments to the city. The law outlines a removal process that would take at 60 days to unfold.
“Today, I have the ability to do this through my emergency powers,” Stoney said. “I think we need to act today.”Videos posted on Twitter showed workers being lifted in a crane to the top of the statue and attempting to attach something to it.
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