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Here’s your copy: The legal opinion that says DeKalb has the right to relocate Confederate marker

Behind the old courthouse on the Decatur Square sits this Confederate monument. The DeKalb County Commission wants to explore removal of the monument. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

Credit: Jim Galloway

Credit: Jim Galloway

Behind the old courthouse on the Decatur Square sits this Confederate monument. The DeKalb County Commission wants to explore removal of the monument. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM
By Jim Galloway
Dec 5, 2017

A 30-foot Confederate monument in downtown Decatur, erected in the early 20th century, could be relocated to another visible site, but it can't be destroyed or concealed, according to a legal opinion addressed to DeKalb County CEO.

The memo, written by county attorney O.V. Brantley, was released today. Click here to read more. But you can scroll through the entire memo below:

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Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.

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