Yeah that’s right dan right now we’re hearing from all nine historically black fraternities and sororities commonly known as the divine nine right now here on the steps of the madison county courthouse let me step out of frame so you can see what we’re seeing here next to the confederate monument which
They are calling to be removed right now now they joined the group move the mining which has been calling for the statute to be relocated for nearly two months now and earlier this month we learned that the madison county commission’s request to have the monument located was denied by the committee on
Alabama monument protection and chairman commissioner dale strong was told that at the time he would have to seek further direction from the alabama attorney general now today we reached out to both the chairman’s office as well as the office for the alabama attorney general we are still waiting to hear back from
Them in the meantime the protesters here believe that the commission has the power in and of themselves as a body to have this statue removed and so that is what they’re calling for today and in fact before they started speaking they had a march around the courthouse steps symbolizing their
Community together as they would call for the monument to come down and be relocated reporting live downtown huntsville robinson smith
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