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AdvertisementAlabama Attorney General files lawsuit against City of Birmingham after removal of Confederate monumentHide TranscriptShow TranscriptGUY: THE STATUE IN LINN PARK IS BEING REMOVED. SHERI: IT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN FOCUSES OF THE PROTESTS FROM LAST NIGHT. MAYOR WOODFIN PROMISED ACTION AND THEY ARE TAKING IT RIGHT NOW. THERE IS AT LEAST NINE CREWMEMBERS THERE. THEY JUST GOT THE TOP OF THE MONUMENT ONTO THAT FLATBED TRUCK. GUY: AT LEAST THREE HEAVY PIECES OF MACHINERY WORKING TO BRING THAT THING DOWN THAT THE PROTESTERS COULD NOT DO LAST NIGHT. MAYOR WOODFIN SAID HE WOULD TAKE IT DOWN AND HE HAS MADE GOOD ON HIS PROMISE. IT IS A 52 FOOT OBELISK THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 115 YEARS, SO THIS IS KIND OF A PIECE OF HISTORY FOR BIRMINGHAM. SHERI: HISTORY IN THE MAKING RIGHT NOW. WE WILL CONTAdvertisementAlabama Attorney General files lawsuit against City of Birmingham after removal of Confederate monumentFollowing the removal of the Confederate monument in Birmingham's Linn Park Monday night, Attorney General Steve Marshall announced another lawsuit against the City Tuesday afternoon.(Video above: Confederate monument in Birmingham's Linn Park removed)In the new lawsuit, Marshall says removing a historic monument violates the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act, which was passed in 2017 to "protect architecturally significant buildings, memorial buildings, memorial streets, and monuments located on public property for 40 or more years."Marshall says he advised Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin Monday night against removing the 115-year-old monument as it would violate a law he is designated to enforce.“The State of Alabama first filed suit against the City of Birmingham in 2017 after the City erected barriers around the monument in Linn Park. In November 2019, the Alabama Supreme Court sided with the State and determined that the City of Birmingham had violated the law and was subject to the Act’s penalties. However, the Court held that any violation of the Act was punishable only by a one-time fine of $25,000 per violation. Though legislation was filed in the 2020 session seeking to amend the penalties provision of the Act in response to the Court’s ruling, that legislation failed to become law,” said Attorney General Marshall.The new lawsuit states Marshall is also seeking additional penalties after the City lost a similar lawsuit filed by the State in 2017.Following the Monday night, Attorney General Steve Marshall announced another lawsuit against the City Tuesday afternoon.(Video above: Confederate monument in Birmingham's Linn Park removed)AdvertisementIn the , Marshall says removing a historic monument violates the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act, which was passed in 2017 to "protect architecturally significant buildings, memorial buildings, memorial streets, and monuments located on public property for 40 or more years."Marshall says he advised Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin Monday night against removing the 115-year-old monument as it would violate a law he is designated to enforce.“The State of Alabama first filed suit against the City of Birmingham in 2017 after the City erected barriers around the monument in Linn Park. In November 2019, the Alabama Supreme Court sided with the State and determined that the City of Birmingham had violated the law and was subject to the Act’s penalties. However, the Court held that any violation of the Act was punishable only by a one-time fine of $25,000 per violation. Though legislation was filed in the 2020 session seeking to amend the penalties provision of the Act in response to the Court’s ruling, that legislation failed to become law,” said Attorney General Marshall.The new lawsuit states Marshall is also seeking additional penalties after the City lost a .Loading more articles...

AdvertisementAlabama Attorney General files lawsuit against City of Birmingham after removal of Confederate monumentHide TranscriptShow TranscriptGUY: THE STATUE IN LINN PARK IS BEING REMOVED. SHERI: IT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN FOCUSES OF THE PROTESTS FROM LAST NIGHT. MAYOR WOODFIN PROMISED ACTION AND THEY ARE TAKING IT RIGHT NOW. THERE IS AT LEAST NINE CREWMEMBERS THERE. THEY JUST GOT THE TOP OF THE MONUMENT ONTO THAT FLATBED TRUCK. GUY: AT LEAST THREE HEAVY PIECES OF MACHINERY WORKING TO BRING THAT THING DOWN THAT THE PROTESTERS COULD NOT DO LAST NIGHT. MAYOR WOODFIN SAID HE WOULD TAKE IT DOWN...

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall files lawsuit against City of Birmingham after removal of Confederate monument

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