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Patrick County protestors want Confederate portrait back in courtroom
WDBJ7
08:52 PM EDT Sep 12, 2015
... Circuit Court Judge Martin Clark took down a portrait of Confederate General Jeb Stuart from a Patrick County courtroom.
He says the portrait's Confederate symbols are offensive to African Americans ...
"Our rally to today was in protest of not only him removing the portrait in the manner that he did but in the statement that was issued after it was over with. We totally support what the judge may plan to do in the future,” said Wayne Jones ...
http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/southern-virginia/patrick-county-protestors-want-confederate-portrait-back-in-courtroom/35244854
Judge Clark's statement was posted here