Proposed Alabama bills would protect Confederate monuments and raise fines if they're removed
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An Alabama legislative committee has advanced two bills designed to further protect Confederate monuments and criminalize people that attempt to remove them.
State Sen. Gerald Allen introduced the bills Tuesday. Under one of the proposed bills, the fine for removing a monument would increase from a flat fee of $25,000 to $5,000 for each day a monument isn't restored.
These bills come at a time when Americans continue to debate whether Confederate monuments should remain or be taken down across the country.
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