Louisiana parish leaders sued over Confederate monument vote
Source: Associated Press
Updated 5:29 pm, Friday, October 20, 2017
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Local officials voted to remove a Confederate monument from the courthouse grounds in a northwest Louisiana parish, and were quickly sued by the group that commissioned the ornate memorial more than a century ago.
The Caddo Parish Commission voted 7-5 for the measure on Thursday after hearing nearly two hours of opinions about the monument erected in 1906 in a parish once called "Bloody Caddo" because so many African-Americans were killed during Reconstruction.
R.J. Johnson, chair of a citizens' advisory committee appointed by the commission, said moving the statue away from the parish courthouse in Shreveport "is about reconciling the community. This vote is an opportunity for us to shed our parish's reputation as 'Bloody Caddo,'" The Times reported .
One of those against, Rex Dukes, told the commission, "Over 300 of my people, of my ancestors fought in the Confederate War; probably more than anybody else in this room. The monument needs to stay where it is," KSLA-TV reported .
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Caddo-commissioners-vote-7-5-to-oust-Confederate-12293709.php
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And they LOST douchebag. This is THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NOT the "Confederate States of America". 
Take it and put it on your front yard but it doesn't belong in a public square.
