Almost six months after Talbot County Council members voted to remove the Confederate Talbot Boys statue, county officials announced Friday that the monument is expected to be removed Monday.
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Groups seeking the removal of the Confederate Talbot Boys statue from the Talbot County courthouse grounds filed suit in federal court.Located on the Talbot County Courthouse lawn, Maryland s last-known public Confederate monument is up again for battle. This is an outdated homage to white supremacy, said Dana Vickers, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland.The court action was announced Wednesday morning by the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, the Talbot County Branch of the NAACP, attorney Kisha Petticolas and community activist Richard M. Potter, the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland and the law firm Crowell and Moring LLP.The Talbot Boys monument has long drawn criticism for its Confederate ties. Some call for the monument to be removed from public property while others argue the history and the statue should remain in place.Petticolas, assistant public defender in Talbot County, said the issue surrounding the Confederate monument is personal. It should not be on public land, Petticolas said. I have joined in this lawsuit not only for myself, but for the clients of the Office of the Public Defender of Talbot County, in order to see change happen. The lawsuit also says the statue is both unconstitutional and illegal under federal and state law. It is beyond time for this statue. It should not be in a place that is sending the message that you cannot get justice here, because that’s exactly what it is, Petticolas said.The Talbot County NAACP first asked the county to remove the statue in the summer of 2015. But the Talbot County Council voted unanimously to keep the monument on the county courthouse lawn.The issue came up again in August 2020 when two council members changed their minds, voting to remove the statue, but ultimately, the vote was 3-2 to retain the statue.WBAL-TV 11 News reached out to Talbot County Council, and Councilman Corey Pack, who voiced support for the statue s removal in February, said the county was still looking into the details of the lawsuit.The NAACP and other plaintiffs said they re pushing forward with litigation as a last resort after the three council members who opposed removal have refused to convene a community meeting with the NAACP and community faith leaders to discuss the issue further. Today marks a significant turning point in the fate of the Confederate monument, said Richard Potter, president of the Talbot County branch of the NAACP. The council left us with no other choice but to take this action.
EASTON â Former Talbot County Council President Corey Pack has relinquished his post to successor Chuck Callahan, and while the transition of power was smooth, itâs clear a new dynamic is forming among the group of county lawmakers. Callahan, who was elected president for the coming year by a majority vote of the council in November, has been at the helm over a week now and just led his second council meeting Tuesday, Dec. 15. The new council president appears to still be shedding the skin of his vice presidency â often heeding on-the-spot procedural advice from Pack during council meetings. But heâs gradually molding his own leadership style and has shown heâs not going to be shy about asserting his authority.