This involves public officials in Baltimore, Maryland.
In the wee hours of the morning on August 16, 2017 Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh had four Confederate monuments taken down and hauled away. Pugh did not have the needed written permission from the Maryland Historical Trust but she did it anyway with no immediate public notice, no fund-raising, and no plan for a permanent location for the monuments once they had been removed.
All of those monuments had been in place for many decades. When asked by numerous reporters why she took this action mayor Pugh always brings up the violence in Charlottesville. That does not answer the question of why remove all the monuments in the first place. Pugh also states she had this authority based in her "Emergency Powers" as mayor. What emergency?
The removal of the Confederate Women's Monument was particularly egregious. The pedestal reads, "In difficulty and danger, regardless of self, they fed the hungry, clothed the needy, nursed the wounded and comforted the dying." If people view that as a symbol of hatred there is something wrong with their thinking.
The Alabama Attorney General's Office sued the city of Birmingham on Wednesday for erecting plywood around a monument to Confederate sailors and soldiers. This action violated state law preserving historic structures.
In Maryland, is there a state law protecting historic structures? And if not, are there solid legal grounds to challenge the mayors actions?
In the wee hours of the morning on August 16, 2017 Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh had four Confederate monuments taken down and hauled away. Pugh did not have the needed written permission from the Maryland Historical Trust but she did it anyway with no immediate public notice, no fund-raising, and no plan for a permanent location for the monuments once they had been removed.
All of those monuments had been in place for many decades. When asked by numerous reporters why she took this action mayor Pugh always brings up the violence in Charlottesville. That does not answer the question of why remove all the monuments in the first place. Pugh also states she had this authority based in her "Emergency Powers" as mayor. What emergency?
The removal of the Confederate Women's Monument was particularly egregious. The pedestal reads, "In difficulty and danger, regardless of self, they fed the hungry, clothed the needy, nursed the wounded and comforted the dying." If people view that as a symbol of hatred there is something wrong with their thinking.
The Alabama Attorney General's Office sued the city of Birmingham on Wednesday for erecting plywood around a monument to Confederate sailors and soldiers. This action violated state law preserving historic structures.
In Maryland, is there a state law protecting historic structures? And if not, are there solid legal grounds to challenge the mayors actions?
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