Black lawmakers walk off floor after vote on La. Confederate monuments

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BATON ROUGE, La. -- After hours of at times emotional debate, the Louisiana House voted Monday in favor of a bill aimed at protecting Confederate monuments across the state.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Thomas Carmody, R-Shreveport, advanced with a vote of 65-31. The entire Legislative Black Caucus voted against it.

Carmody's bill bars local governments and municipalities from removing plaques and statues to military figures and events. The monuments could only be torn down following a vote by the public.

"My bill in its current posture is a perfect exercise of democracy. It allows for the people to have their input in the decision to remove military monuments from the public spaces in which they live," Carmody argued on the House floor.

Just recently, New Orleans tore down the first two of four Confederate monuments after a vote by the City Council.

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[NCTraveler]

1. Just another "conservative" move stopping municipalities from doing as they wish.

They sure do love legislating down when is suits their needs.

Holding true to their racist beliefs is more important than anything.

[RedWedge]

2. Shameful, shameful, shameful.