Judge blocks attempt to remove Charlottesville Confederate statues
- Statues of Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson will stay
- Lee statue was at heart of deadly far-right violence in 2017
Efforts to remove the statue of Robert E Lee which was at the centre of deadly far-right violence in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 have been blocked in court.
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