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Title: Stunning backlash against removing monuments in New Orleans!
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URL Source: http://www.amren.com/news/2016/03/r ... ls-turns-nasty-in-new-orleans/
Published: Mar 26, 2016
Author: Daily Mail
Post Date: 2016-03-26 01:31:22 by NeoconsNailed
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Views: 23

(What's this -- do white lives matter too? I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS. The mere verbal activism is moving mountains! WORDS CAN BE ALL IT TAKES TO CRUSH EVIL if people will just DO IT. NN)

Removal of Confederate Symbols Turns Nasty in New Orleans

Daily Mail, March 25, 2016

Backlash against a plan to remove prominent Confederate monuments in New Orleans has been tinged by death threats, intimidation and even what may have been the torching of a contractor’s Lamborghini.

For now, at least, things have gotten so nasty the city hasn’t found a contractor willing to bear the risk of tearing down the monuments. The city doesn’t have its own equipment to move them and is now in talks to find a company, even discussing doing the work at night to avoid further tumult.

Initially, it appeared the monuments would be removed quickly after the majority black City Council on Dec. 17 voted 6-1 to approve the mayor’s plan to take them down. The monuments, including towering figures of Gens. Robert E. Lee and P.G.T. Beauregard, have long been viewed by many here as symbols of racism and white supremacy.

{snip}

In early January, as it beat back legal challenges seeking to stop the removal, the city hired a contractor to remove the monuments.

But H&O Investments LLC. of Baton Rouge soon pulled out of the job, citing death threats, “unkindly name-calling,” outrage on social media and the threat of other businesses canceling contracts.

One day, several protesters came while H&O workers took measurements. Some of the protesters wore materials “with affiliation to white supremacy groups,” said Roy Maughan Jr., a lawyer for the contractor.

That same day, Maughan said, “a specific articulated threat” was phoned into city authorities warning workers at the monuments to leave for their safety. On Jan. 12, H&O sent the city a letter saying it was dropping out.

Then, on Jan. 19, a Lamborghini belonging to the owner of H&O Investments was set on fire. {snip}

A national rental crane company the city had hoped to hire also refused to be involved.

{snip}

After H&O withdrew, the city opened a public bid process to find a new contractor–and things got messy again.

When the names of companies interested in the work turned up on a city website, businesses were reportedly slammed with emails and telephone calls denouncing their involvement. The protest was organized at least in part by Save Our Circle, a group touting thousands of supporters who want a massive monument to Lee in Lee Circle preserved in the spot where it has stood since 1884.

The city closed public viewing to the bidding process and has met with contractors without disclosing their names. {snip}

{snip}

Just this month, a state lawmaker began pushing a bill meant to save the monuments. Legal challenges, too, are on appeal.

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