A Virginia judge has ruled since the Confederate statues in Charlottesville are labeled as war monuments, they cannot be removed without permission from the state.

CNN reports Circuit Court Judge Richard E. Moore said people’s feelings about the Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson statues does not change the fact they are war monuments and therefore are protected under Virginia state code 15.2-1812.

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