Fort Myers city council thinks over Robert E. Lee statue

Protestors marched to Fort Myers city council meeting to demand statue of Robert E.

Lee be taken down.

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I’M JANE MONREAL HERE INTHE FOX 4 STUDIOS...AND I’M PATRICK NOLAN, LIVETONIGHT FOM...FIRST ON FOX 4 TONIGHT... KEEPIT UP OR TAKE IT TONIGHT... KEEPIT FIRST ON FOX 4 TONIGHT...KEEP IT UP OR TAKE IT DOWN.THE FORT MYERS CITY COUNCILHEARING ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDESWHEN IT COMES TO THE STATUE OFROBERT E LEE IN THE DOWNTOWNAREA.PROTESTS WHO WANT TO SEE ITREMOVED...LED A MARCH TO CITYHALL EARLIER TODAY.FOX 4’S ROCHELLE ALLEYNE WASTHERE FOR THAT MARCH ANDMEETING..SHE JOINS US NOW WITHMORE.(33-40)TONIGHT WE DIDN’T JUST HEAR MORECALLS TO SEE THE STATUE TAKENDOWN...BUT WE ALSO HEARD FROM AWOMAN WITH CONFEDERATE ANCESTRYWHO SAID SHE’D LIKE TO SEE ITMOVED SOMEWHERE ELSE."Black lives matter."MARCHING RIGHT UP TO CITY HALLSTEPS..."No justice, no peace."DOZENS OF PROTESTORS IN FORTMYERS CAME TO MONDAY’S COUNCILMEETING...TO ASK FOR THIS.((Andrew Darden//Protestorganizer))"The support of the removal ofall confederate hate symbols."NAMELY...SUPPORT FOR THE REMOVALOF *THIS STATUE OF ROBERT E.

LEEIN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS.((Todd Truax//Wants Robert E.Lee Statue removed))"It’s kind of a leftover of fromthe 60s and it wasn’t put thereby anybody that was supportiveof the whole community."THE COUNCIL HEARD FROM THOSE FOR--"Even he didn’t want the statueerected in his name."AND AGAINST ITS REMOVAL..."I love your town and its past,don’t be ridiculous."AND THEN THEY RECEIVED A MESSAGEFROM A WOMAN NAMED KERI..."This has always been an ickytopic to me because of my great,great, great-grandfather CaptainF.A.

Hendry was a big part ofthe drive to name this countyafter Lee."THAT WOMAN TOLD THE COUNCIL THATAS SOMEONE WHO HAS FAMILY TIESTO CONFEDERACY...SHE FEELS THEBEST PLACE FOR THAT STATUE ISSOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN LEARNFROM WHAT IT REPRESENTS..."We’re advocating for the statueto be removed to a museum wherepeople can go and learn aboutthe history of this county, thegood, the bad, the ugly and mostimportantly how to never repeatthe mistakes of the past."THE COUNCIL HAS ASKED THAT THECITY ATTORNEY LOOKS INTO THECOUNCIL’S LEGAL OPTIONS WHEN ITCOMES TO WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN’TDO WITH THAT STATUE.THEY’RE HOPING FOR THAT UPDATEAT THE NEXT CITY CITY CO