Charlottesville council votes to move 2nd Confederate statue
Source: Associated Press
Updated 6:59 am, Wednesday, September 6, 2017
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The Charlottesville City Council in Virginia has voted to remove a second Confederate monument from a public park.
Local news outlets report the council's vote Tuesday night on the statue of Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was unanimous. It comes weeks after a white nationalist rally in the city descended into violence.
The rally was sparked in part by the city's decision earlier this year to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
The council had initially planned to leave the Jackson statue in place but reconsidered in light of the violence.
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