Virginia Confederate Statue to Fall After Tax Maneuver Falters

The largest confederate monument in the South is coming down after Virginia’s highest court dismissed claims that a Robert E. Lee statute preserves property tax breaks for Richmond locals.

The Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed a circuit court ruling in favor of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D), who in June 2020 announced the state would remove its 100-year-old monument to Gen. Lee following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man whose homicide sparked national unrest over police violence and ...