A disagreement among Mobile County commissioners over a lynching memorial that has Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson feeling “caught in the middle” has blown out into the open.
that has Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson feeling “caught in the middle” has blown out into the open.
“It’s unfortunate how Mr. Robertson got killed,” Dueitt told FOX10 News on Monday. “I don’t condone that in no way, form or fashion. But also, I don’t believe in memorializing a guy who was, basically, accused of murdering a police officer.” It has been the subject of controversy since the group conceived it last year. The organization had gotten a permit to put the marker at the spot where the Admiral Rafael Semmes statute once stood at the base of Government Street. Stimpson had the statue removed and in December put on display at the Mobile Museum of History.
“However, if it is the coalition’s wish that the City of Mobile uninstall the marker from this location, we will honor the request and place it back in crated storage until such a time when a permanent location can be mutually agreed upon,” the mayor wrote. According to historical research commissioned by the Remembrance Project, Robertson was working as a carpenter on a house when two white plumbers accused him of an assault. Robertson fled when law enforcement officers showed up to arrest him, and a shootout left him and the two officers wounded.
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