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Lee County NAACP urges Robert E. Lee monument be permanently removed

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Lee County NAACP urges Robert E. Lee monument be permanently removed
Lee County NAACP urges Robert E. Lee monument be permanently removed

The Sons of Confederate Veterans asked for the bust to temporarily removed last week as a precaution, but the Lee County NAACP says the monument should be permanently removed from Downtown Fort Myers.

TAKE PLACE TODAY .INSTEAD THERWILL BE PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONSAND GUIDED YOGA MEDITATIONA NEW CALL TO REMOVE A DIVISIVESYMBOL IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWNFORT MYERS ... THE BUST OFCONFEDERATE GENERAL ROBERT -E-LEE ..

WHO NOT ONLY FOUGHT TKEEP SLAVERY BUT WAS A SLAVEOWNER HIMSELF.FOX 4 SANDRA RODRIGUEZ LIVE NETHE MONUMENT WHERE SUPPORTERS ..GATHERED DEMANDING IT BEPERMANENTLY REMOVED SANDRA?WELL, RIGHT NOW THE BUSTACTUALLY NOT HERE IT WAS TAKENDOWN LAST WEEK AS PROTESSPARKED ACROSS THE COUNTRYFOLLOWING THE DEATH OF GEORGFLOYD... THE SONS OF CONFEDERATEVETERANS ASKED FOR THE BUST TOTEMPORARILY REMOVED AS APRECAUTION BUT THOSE HERE TODAYSAY IT SHOULD NOT COME BACK...12 TO 2032 TO 3755 TO 1:1:14 TO 1:26A RENEWED EFFORT TO PERMANENTLYREMOVE THE ROBERT E.

LEE BUSTFROM DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS2:16:43(James Muwakkil, President, LeeCounty NAACP)"It presents racism, it presentshate, and that’s what we sawwith George Floyd."THE LEE COUNTY NAACP ANDSUPPORTERS GATHERED AROUND THEBUST TODAY SAYING IT REPRESENTSYEARS OF ENSLAVEMENT AND FUELSRACIAL INEQUALITYSO(Mary King, Fort Myers):"This represent hates and theris no room for that anymore inthe United States, it’s time totake a stand."DEMONSTRATORS GATHERING AROUNDTHE STATUE OVER THE WEEKENDDEMANDING JUSTICE FOR GEORGEFLOYD AND RACIAL EQUALITY.7:56:56(James Muwakkil, President, LeeCounty NAACP"The only reason that they’keeping this up is to remindthem of false superiority and toreminds blacks to stay in yourplace and that’s calledinferiority."STAND UP(Sandra Rodriguez,Sandra.rodriguez@fox4now.com):"BUT THERE ARE MIXED EMOTIONSREGARDING THE PERMANENT REMOVALOF THE ROBERT E.

LEE STATUETHAT’S BEEN HERE SINCE 1966,DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTSMOVEMENT."SO(David McCallister, Member ofThe Sons of Confederate Veteran)"It’s not a hate symbol."MCCALLISTER IS A MEMBER OF THESONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS HESAYS THE STATUE IS A TRIBUTE TOTHE NAME OF THE COUNTYSOT(David McCallister, Member ofThe Sons of Confederate Vetera"The character of Robert E.

Leehas not changed, he was a fineAmerican, worthy of being thename of the county when thecounty was named, and he isworthy now."OTHERS SAY IT’S PART OF U.SHISTORYSOT(Kurt Martin, Fort Myers):"Well they’re also symbols aboutmistakes, they’re not justsymbols to say the South wasright."GOOD OR BADSOT(Kurt Martin, Fort Myers)"I don’t agree that anyone’shistory should be permanentlyremoved, there are a lot ofthings that happened in thiscountry that even tho they mightnot be with what I agree withthey shouldn’t be removed."BUT SUPPORTERS OF PERMANENTLYREMOVING THE STATUE FROMDOWNTOWN SAY THERE’S A PLACE FOREVERYTHINGSOT(Mary King, Fort Myers):"I understand the symbolism tothe ones who want to keephere.

Put it in a museum and youcan go see it whenever youwantMUWAKKIL SAYS THIS IS JUST THEFIRST STEP IN DEMANDING ACHANGE... THE LEE COUNTY NAACPSAYS TOMORROW THEY ARE MEETINGWITH LAW ENFORCEMENT FROMMULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS ANDAGENCIES TO FIND OUT WHAT THEYARE DOING TO PROTECT ’ALL’

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