Residents in Tyrrell County, North Carolina, filed a federal lawsuit to remove a Confederate monument “in appreciation of our faithful slaves.”
The Concerned Citizens of Tyrrell County filed the lawsuit in the Eastern District of North Carolina on grounds that the monument violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment because it “expresses a racially discriminatory message.” The monument depicts a Confederate soldier on top of a pedestal with the inscription “In appreciation of our faithful slaves.”
“This is sort of the only monument in the country on public land that textually endorses slavery,” Jaelyn Miller, an attorney for the plaintiffs, told CNN.
The lawsuit says the monument endorsees a “pro-slavery message and a pro-Confederate message.” In turn, the groups said the monument “incite(d) racial hostility” and endangers the plaintiffs’
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