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Mayor Mitch Landrieu On Removal Of Confederate Monuments, And What Comes Next

Laine Kaplan-Levenson
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WWNO
The Take Em Down NOLA Second Line to celebrate the removal of four confederate monuments arrives at Lee Circle. There they find protesters guarding the statue. Sunday, May 7th, 2017.

The Jefferson Davis statue was removed before sunrise on May 11th, 2017.  This is the second of four Confederate monuments slated for removal in New Orleans. Hours after the statue came down, WWNO’s Laine Kaplan-Levenson spoke to Mayor Mitch Landrieu about the safety precautions and controversy surrounding the monument removal, and how this fits into his larger vision of the city’s path towards racial conciliation.

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