When Memphis took down some Confederate statues:<\/p>\n
That law<\/a>\u00a0said that \u201cNo statue, monument, memorial, nameplate, or plaque\u201d erected \u201con public property\u201d in honor of certain military conflicts and their heroes may be removed without the permission of two-thirds of the board of the commission. In October, the commission denied Memphis a waiver\u00a0that would have allowed the city to remove the Confederate statues. The city was in the process of challenging the decision. …<\/p>\n
Focusing on the law\u2019s key phrase, protecting statues on \u201cpublic property,\u201d\u00a0Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner<\/a>\u00a0and others set up a private nonprofit corporation called Memphis Greenspace Inc.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, without fanfare, the City Council approved a measure authorizing the mayor to sell the two parks with the statues to the private group, for $1,000 each, which he promptly did.<\/p>\n
In the morning, they were on public property. By the afternoon, they weren\u2019t.<\/p>\n
By nightfall, the parks with the statues had been sold to the newly minted nonprofit, which sent in the cranes. …<\/p>\n
A cheering crowd sang as Davis was placed in the back of a truck at 10:45 p.m. and driven away. Among the songs, according to the\u00a0Commercial Appeal<\/a>,\u00a0was that old standby: \u201cNa\u00a0na na na, na\u00a0na na na, hey, hey, goodbye.\u201d [WaPo<\/strong><\/em><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Needless to say,\u00a0the Tennessee Division of the Sons were furious. Tough shit, boys. Traitors deserve no honor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When Memphis took down some Confederate statues: That law\u00a0said that \u201cNo statue, monument, memorial, nameplate, or plaque\u201d erected \u201con public property\u201d in honor of certain military conflicts and their heroes may be removed without the permission of two-thirds of the board of the commission. In October, the commission denied Memphis \u2026 Continue reading