Lawsuit seeks Confederate statue's removal from courthouse
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — 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.
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In this Oct. 23, 2007 file photo, the “Talbot Boys” statue stands in front of the Talbot County Courthouse in Easton, Md. Civil rights advocates sued the Maryland county on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, to seek the court-ordered removal of the Confederate monument from the 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 said the statue in Talbot County is the last Confederate monument remaining on public property in Maryland besides cemeteries and battlefields.. (AP Photo/Kathleen Lange, File)
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