A US court has blocked an attempt by the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, to remove monuments to Confederate generals.
The Daily Progress reported that after three days of litigation, a judge decided to prevent the removal of the monuments to Generals Robert Lee and Thomas Jackson.
The plan to remove those monuments caused a gathering of white nationalists in 2017, as well as a counter-rally, one of whose participants lost her life.
Charlottesville residents sued the city citing a law that protects war memorials, while the city government argued that the law violates the U.S. Constitution because the statues of Lee and Jackson send a racist message.
Judge Richard Moore ruled that the intent of the law was to preserve historical memory, not discrimination, and issued a permanent injunction against the monument's removal.
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