Civil rights advocates sued a Maryland county on Wednesday to seek the court-ordered removal of a Confederate monument from a courthouse lawn on the state’s Eastern Shore, calling it a racist symbol of oppression.
In their federal lawsuit, an NAACP branch leader and a defense lawyer say the “Talbot Boys” statue in Talbot County is the last Confederate monument remaining on public property in Maryland besides cemeteries and battlefields.
The lawsuit claims that a statue glorifying the Confederacy on the lawn outside the county courthouse in Easton, Maryland, is both unconstitutional and illegal under federal and state laws. Keeping it there “sends a message that the community does not value Black people, that justice is not blind, and that Black people are not equal in the eyes of the county,” the suit says.
“For Black employees and litigants entering the courthouse, the statue is, in its least damaging capacity, intimidating and demoralizing,” it adds.
In August 2020, Talbot County Council members voted 3-2 to keep the memorial on the courthouse lawn.
Council President Chuck Callahan was among the three members who voted to keep the memorial. He did not immediately respond Wednesday to an email and phone call seeking comment on the lawsuit.
Illegal & this shhht needs to be Stopped in ALL 50 states !!!
All this money (lawsuits) about feelings. Zero constructive success. Once all the statutes, signs, history is erased – then what?
It will never cease….no one sees this long term?
Wow
I guess I was naive enough to think this shit wasn’t coming to the eastern shore. When are local people gonna stand up against this insanity? Never really been too much of a racist but these ignorant bastards are changing my mind very quickly. True black history- they are a race of useful idiots being used by the communists to destroy this once great country. That is what they have contributed to American history! There-I said it.
That’s because all the come here’s came and brought all their political crap with them right from where they destroyed and left
Go figure
black my ass. Grow up and learn or study this chit. It called history, same as slavery. I’m pushing 80 and didn’t see any slave in my day. Like I said, grow up and go to work.
Thank you
100% correct
You’re telling people to grow up bur are afraid to write out the word “shit”?
Very small sized world you live in. If you cant contribute nicely RICHARD then dont play on the computer. Read a book instead.
This is 10:44 am and your comment doesn’t mean shit to me or anyone else. I like using chit, grow up!
ncaap branch manager -that about sums it up
Talbot Boys are here to stay!
The Harriett Tubman exhibit tells me the community does not value White people.