{"id":92320,"date":"2023-04-29T01:32:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T06:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=92320"},"modified":"2023-04-29T01:32:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T06:32:12","slug":"92320","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=92320","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Kentucky Supreme Court overturns rulings that allowed the removal of a Confederate statue<\/a><\/p>\n

The Kentucky Supreme Court has overturned lower court rulings that allowed leaders in Kentucky’s largest city to remove a Confederate statue from a prominent location three years ago.<\/p>\n

The 6-1 ruling issued Thursday said Louisville violated due process in getting approval to remove the John Breckenridge Castleman monument from Cherokee Triangle, news outlets reported.<\/p>\n

The statue was vandalized several times over a few years before it was removed from its pedestal in June 2020 following a decision from Louisville\u2019s landmarks commission.<\/p>\n

A group called Friends of Louisville Public Art filed a lawsuit challenging the landmarks commission ruling. They argued the statue was a local landmark and said some commission members should not have been allowed to vote because they have a conflict of interest.<\/p>\n

While the group acknowledged Castleman\u2019s Confederate ties, they argued that he later renounced his allegiance to the Confederacy. Castleman later served as a brigadier general in the U.S. Army. He was partially responsible for establishing Louisville\u2019s park system and fought to keep the city\u2019s parks and playgrounds open to Black residents.<\/p>\n

Kentucky\u2019s Court of Appeals upheld a Jefferson Circuit Court judge\u2019s ruling dismissing the lawsuit. The appeals court ruled that there were “no facts to support the conflict of interests claim.”<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court disagreed. Chief Justice Laurance B. VanMeter said it was a “patent” conflict for city employees to vote on the application to remove the monument.<\/p>\n

“… Their employment and their being asked to sit in review of an application filed by their employer were sufficient to raise a reasonable question of impartiality such that recusal was required as a matter of law,” he wrote for the majority.<\/p>\n

Plaintiff Steve Wiser said he was pleased with the court\u2019s ruling.<\/p>\n

Kevin Trager, a spokesman for the city, said officials were reviewing the opinion before deciding how to proceed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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