Memphis Commissioner Who Worked With City To Get Confederate Statues Removed Explains How They Did It!

Last week, the city of Memphis, Tennessee was shocked to find a loophole that allowed the removal of a statue of Confederate general and suspected KKK founder Nathan Bedford Forrest from a city park. Now, one of the men behind the operation explained just how they did it. In a press conference outside the now-empty pedestal on which the Forrest statue sat, Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner, who leads Memphis Greenspace, Inc., told press how he worked with the city attorney’s office to get the statue removed legally. Posted By Persist