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Just because something is legal, doesn't mean it's right or it's moral.

Don Gathers, former chair of Charlottesville, Va.'s Blue Ribbon Commission on Race, Memorials and Public Spaces, after a judge ruled that the city needs the state's permission to remove its Confederate monuments. In 2017, the monuments were a source of conflict at a white supremacist rally that left one counterprotester dead.

Don Gathers, former chair of Charlottesville, Va.'s Blue Ribbon Commission on Race, Memorials and Public Spaces, after a judge ruled that the city needs the state's permission to remove its Confederate monuments. In 2017, the monuments were a source of conflict at a white supremacist rally that left one counterprotester dead.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.