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By Kyeland Jackson —
Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Judith McDonald-Burkman lifted a restraining order against Mayor Greg Fischer today, allowing the city to begin moving the confederate statue near U of L’s campus.
Representatives from Sons of Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of Confederates testified for the statue to remain. But emphasizing the importance of law over emotion, and saying there was not reasonable evidence to prove the monument belonged to the state, Mcdonald-Burkman struck down the plaintiffs’ lawsuit and motion for an injunction.