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Confederate Statue Taken Down

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Confederate Statue Taken Down
Confederate Statue Taken Down
in Louisville

White david mcatee's family wants city officials to take responsibility for his death lou ... odessa riley and her attorney spoke today.... saying they want law enforcement and the city to take responsibility for what happened.

David mcatee was shot and killed early monday morning as police officers and members of the national guard tried to break up a large group of people after curfew.

Police released footage last week of the moment mcatee was shot and killed.

Interim chief robert schroeder says two videos captured from surveillance cameras in and around mcatee's business show him firing a gun that night.

The attorney for the mcatee family disputes that... saying all video and evidence needs to be released immediately.

L3: top story white steve romines attorney for david mcatee's family l3: top story white odessa riley mother of david mcatee "3:10-3:26: that is denying responsibility and trying to steer public opinion against the victim, and we're going to make sure that does not happen, :29-34:the only thing i want for my son is peace and justice and i'm gonna make sure he gets it.

L3: top story white david mcatee's family wants city officials to take responsibility for his death lou ... kentucky state police, the f-b-i and state attorney general's offices are conducting a joint investigation into the shooting at governor andy beshear's request.

A controversial confederate statue has come down in louisville.

L3: top story white confederate statue taken down in louisville john b.

Castleman statue removed this m ... crews started taking down the statue of john b.

Castleman from cherokee triangle early this morning.

This comes more than a year after a commission voted to remove it.

Friends of louisville public art appealed the decision to jefferson circuit court.

On friday... a jefferson circuit court judge ruled the city has the right to remove it.

One neighbor who watched crews take it down said it was a step in the right direction.

L3: top story white confederate statue taken down in louisville john b.

Castleman statue removed this m ... "it's sort of like our neighborhood's teeny tiny contribution, to what's going on right now with removals of confederate statues and memorials all around the world.

It's small in that context but its good thing."

L3: top story white confederate statue taken down in louisville john b.

Castleman statue removed this m ... the statue will be moved to a city storage facility in anticipation of moving to cave hill cemetery, where castleman is buried.

The city says no decision has been made on what will replace the statue.

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