Looks like St. Louis is going to follow the example of New Orleans and not Richmond

Looks like St. Louis is going to follow the example of New Orleans and not Richmond.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/more-barricades-go-up-around-confederate-memorial-as-city-moves/article_7274de73-f2e3-5635-a3ad-6edd10cf0138.html

With the monuments gone in New Orleans, communities are looking to their leadership and asking why their monuments haven't been removed.

The usual "blah blah blah" given as to why  the Confederate monument hasn't been removed isn't being accepted. People understand that where there is a will there is a way.

After St. Louis removes their Confederate monument other towns will be asking why their city hasn't removed their Confederate monuments. As each city removes their Confederate monument it will intensive the pressure to remove Confederate monuments in other cities. Who knows, maybe even Baltimore will find themselves removing a Confederate monument, maybe even two.

Other links about St. Louis removing the Confederate monument.

http://fox2now.com/2017/06/07/st-louis-begins-process-to-remove-confederate-monument-from-forest-park/

http://www.kmov.com/story/35612380/fencing-expanded-around-st-louis-confederate-monument

http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2017/06/07/city-of-st-louis-prepares-for-confederate-monument-take-down/

For every city where activists are working to get rid of Confederate monuments I recommend this article which mentions the new type of opposition they are likely to face.

http://thegrio.com/2017/05/26/hundreds-of-confederate-statues-still-standing/#oQWeYWxF2IXyGtRl.01