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Mayor Jim Gray Calls For Removal of Lexington's Confederate Statues

Democratic Senate candidate Jim Gray attacked incumbent Sen. Rand Paul for his failed presidential bid.
Democratic Senate candidate Jim Gray attacked incumbent Sen. Rand Paul for his failed presidential bid.

The mayor of Lexington says after the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, he is taking the steps to remove two Confederate-era statues from the lawn of a former courthouse.

On Twitter Saturday, following deadly clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, Mayor Jim Gray said he will ask the Lexington-Fayette County Urban County Council at its Tuesday work session to ask a state military commission for permission to take down the statues of John Hunt Morgan and John C. Breckinridge.

Violent clashes occurred Saturday between white nationalists and counter-protesters in Charlottesville. Three people were killed, including a woman who died after a driver plowed into a group of peaceful marchers. Dozens more were injured.

The nationalists had gathered to protest the city's plans to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

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