Robert E. Lee statue

Last-Minute Restraining Order Halts Dallas City Council’s Attempt to Remove Statue From Lee Park

By Joanna England / September 6, 2017 /

Robert Wilonsky and Tristan Hallman at the Dallas Morning News alerted us that, just as soon as crews were trying to figure out how to remove the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee astride a horse in Oak Lawn’s Lee Park, work was ordered to stop. That’s thanks to a temporary restraining order filed by one…

Pierce Allman on New Committee to Slow Removal of Lee Statue, Police on High Alert as Council Debates

By Candy Evans / September 6, 2017 /

Update 12:02 am: The statue of Robert E. Lee will be moved and stored. More than 50 people signed up to speak at this morning’s City Council meeting concerning the removal of the statue, and several more (including Pierce Allman) were not able to make it to the mic. Per a motion filed by Mayor Pro…