RICHMOND, Va. — Author's Note: The video above is on file from Oct. 27, 2020.
The Supreme Court of Virginia is set to hear arguments in legal challenges to Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's plan to take down a 131-year-old statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
The high court will hear arguments Tuesday in two lawsuits filed by people who believe the massive statue should stay where it is.
Northam's decision was announced in June 2020, just 10 days after George Floyd's death under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer.
Separate lawsuits were filed by a group of Richmond residents who own property near the statue and a descendant of signatories to an 1890 deed that transferred the statue, pedestal and ground they sit on to the state.