5pm live shot mouton rally
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Confederate general alfred mouton has stood at the intersection of jefferson street and lee avenue.and today ... juneteenth ... brings it into sharp focus.
News 1's leigha mcneil joins us now from the mouton statue where a protest and rally will soon begin...leigha?
Jazmin...move the mind set is hosting a rally here at the mouton statue to call for its removal...organizers say the fact that general alfred mouton fought for the confederacy is more than enough reason the statue should be removed but also since mouton and his family has owned slaves... the statue gifted to the city of lafayette by the united daughters of the confederacy standing by their gift decades ago...supportes of keeping the statue say its apart of history that we ca't ignore...the're also calling for police reform, justice, and the*turn volume down for