Democratic Jacksonville mayor removes Confederate statue, skirting City Council approval

Democratic Jacksonville, Florida, Mayor Donna Deegan announced on Wednesday the "Tribute to the Women of the Southern Confederacy" statue in the city was removed. The statue, which had been in place at Springfield Park in Jacksonville since 1915, has become the latest Confederate statue to be removed from a public area. Deegan, who was elected to the mayor's office earlier this year, said in a statement that the removal was not to "erase history" but rather to "show that we’ve learned from it." “Symbols matter. They tell the world what...