A statue of a Confederate soldier nicknamed “Johnny Reb” stands as part of an 80-foot-tall Confederate monument in downtown Norfolk. The City of Norfolk filed suit in August in federal court targeting a Virginia law that prevents the removal of war memorials.
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Prosecutors: Norfolk can move Confederate monument
Norfolk can relocate a Confederate monument despite a state law barring the removal of war memorials, the city’s top prosecutor and the state’s attorney general argued in a lawsuit.
