Richmond Commission Now Directed To Consider Removing Confederate Monuments
Credit: AP Photo / Steve Helber
A commission considering the future of Richmond’s Confederate monuments now has new orders. Last week, Mayor Levar Stoney directed the commission to include an examination of removal or relocation of the monuments. Mallory Noe-Payne reports.
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