The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that leaders in Alamance County who refused to remove a Confederate monument outside a courthouse acted lawfully in not moving the statue.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that despite calls from the NAACP and other plaintiffs to have the monument removed, county leadership lacked the authority to do so based on the state’s Monument Protection Law.
“Under the Monument Protection Law, the County has no authority to move the Monument,” the court’s opinion read. “Regardless of some commission members’ comments or misunderstandings of their legal ability to move the Monument, the rule of law does not change.”
“At all times, the Monument Protection Law has required the County to leave the Monument in its current place. Defendants’ hands are tied — even if they
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