Little Rock mayor testifies in trial over city removing Confederate monument from MacArthur museum | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Little Rock mayor testifies in trial over city removing Confederate monument from MacArthur museum | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

During a bench trial over the city of Little Rock's removal of a Confederate monument at MacArthur Park, Mayor Frank Scott Jr. said that Little Rock, a "Civil Rights city," removed the statue for public safety reasons and because it did not endorse the message of the Confederacy.

Seven Years Later, Still No End in Sight for Lawsuit Over Arkansas’ Ten Commandments Monument – Family Council

Above: Former Sen. Jason Rapert and then-Rep. Kim Hammer unveil Arkansas’ monument commemorating the Ten Commandments in this file photo from 2018. Atheist organizations filed a lawsuit to have the monument removed, but the case has remained in limbo for seven years. Today marks the seventh anniversary of a lawsuit over Arkansas’ monument of the Ten Commandments on the state capitol lawn — and there does not seem to be any end in sight. A decade…