In wake of the tensions across the country, an assistant football coach at Murray State University is asking the city of Murray to remove a Confederate Memorial.
In a letter addressed to Mayor Bob Rogers, and copied to the Murray Chamber of Commerce, Congressman James Comer, State Representative Larry Elkins, and the Murray City Council, Sherman Neal II asked for the statue of Robert E. Lee to be removed.
In the letter, Neal stated that the “statue located on the courthouse square is an affront to all residents who support notions of equality and value the American justice system.”
Neal went on to add that he believed the city, which promotes itself as the “friendliest small town in America” needs to remove the statue if “the purported friendliness extends to its black residents.”
The monument honors the 800 citizens of Calloway County who served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War and is the only Confederate Monument in Kentucky featuring Lee.
