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A Superior Court judge sided with Gaston County in a lawsuit that alleged that the presence of a Confederate monument outside the Gaston County Courthouse was a constitutional violation and should be removed.
Group files lawsuit to remove Confederate monument from Iredell County Government Center Lawsuit filed to remove Confederate monument By WBTV Web Staff | May 4, 2021 at 2:44 PM EDT - Updated May 5 at 3:25 PM IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - A coalition of people and groups in Iredell County have filed a lawsuit seeking the removal of a Confederate monument that stands in front of the county’s government center. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday against the County, the County Board of Commissioners, and the commissioners themselves in Iredell County Superior Court. The plaintiffs, made up of a...