Charlottesville votes to remove 2 Confederate statues

The Charlottesville City Council on Monday unanimously voted at a public hearing to remove Confederate statues from two separate parks, according to CBS affiliate WCAV-TV. The two statues depict Confederate Generals Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee.

The first attempt to remove the Lee statue at Court Square Park prompted the deadly "Unite the Right" rally, organized in part by white supremacists and neo-Nazis, in August 2017. Protesters and rally participants clashed and a man drove his car into the crowd, fatally striking a woman and injuring dozens more. The man, a self-proclaimed white supremacist, was sentenced to life plus 419 years in prison. About 55 people took part in Monday night's public hearing before the Charlottesville City Council took a vote, officials told WCAV. Opinions varied throughout the night.