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Caddo Parish Confederate Monument (view source)
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On May 14, 2018, Judge James again denied a motion to reconsider his January decision against the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The UDC's Shreveport chapter sued after the Caddo Parish Commission voted to remove the monument. The organization sought a preliminary injunction to stall removal pending a trial. Caddo Parish has yet to announce specific plans to move the structure.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2018/05/15/judges-refusal-block-statue-removal-stands/614029002/|title=Judge's refusal to block statue removal stands|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=May 15, 2018|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}</ref> On July 26, 2018, Judge James dismissed the UDC suit over ownership of the monument. Unless the plaintiffs appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in [[New Orleans]], the monument will be dismantled or removed.<ref>KEEL Radio, July 26, 2018.</ref>
On May 14, 2018, Judge James again denied a motion to reconsider his January decision against the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The UDC's Shreveport chapter sued after the Caddo Parish Commission voted to remove the monument. The organization sought a preliminary injunction to stall removal pending a trial. Caddo Parish has yet to announce specific plans to move the structure.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2018/05/15/judges-refusal-block-statue-removal-stands/614029002/|title=Judge's refusal to block statue removal stands|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=May 15, 2018|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}</ref> On July 26, 2018, Judge James dismissed the UDC suit over ownership of the monument. Unless the plaintiffs appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in [[New Orleans]], the monument will be dismantled or removed.<ref>KEEL Radio, July 26, 2018.</ref>
Another Confederate monument located in Clinton in East Feliciana Parish near [[Baton Rouge]] was erected in 1909 and standing at least thirty feet in height. This monument has come under challenge from an African-American suspect, Ronnie Anderson, who seeks a change of venue for his trial on possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The request for another location for his trial is based on the belief that the monument "displayed prominently in front of the East Feliciana Parish Courthouse sends a message to African Americans of intimidation and oppression, communicating that justice may not be fair and impartial at a courthouse that was nostalgic and sentimental over the institution of slavery that the Confederacy fought for in the American Civil War."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wafb.com/story/38664611/man-seeks-change-of-venue-due-to-confederate-monument-outside-courthouse|title=Man seeks change of venue due to Confederate monument outside courthouse|publisher=WAFB.com|date=July 17, 2018|author=Cheryl Mercedes and Scottie Hunter|accessdate=August 10, 2018}}</ref>
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