Kentucky seeks Confederate statue removal

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The mayor of Lexington says he’ll move to remove two Confederate-era statues from the lawn of a former courthouse, citing the violence in Charlottesville, Va. Mayor Jim Gray (photo below) said Saturday he will ask a state commission to begin the process of removing statues of John Hunt Morgan and John C. Breckinridge. Violent clashes occurred Saturday between white nationalists and counterprotesters in Charlottesville. One woman was killed when a driver plowed into a group of peaceful marchers. The neo-Nazis had gathered to protest the city’s plans to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Morgan, a Confederate general, is best known for “Morgan’s Raid,” a Southern incursion into the Union states of Indiana and Ohio in 1863. Breckinridge was the Confederate Secretary of War.

White supremacist gives a Nazi salute. In return, he gets a one-finger salute and a punch in the jaw during clash between racists and normal people in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday. Torches (left) were gathered for march Friday night (right), which...