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Mayor Sylvester Turner Requests Staff Study of Confederacy Statues
August 15, 2017
HOUSTON, Aug. 15 -- Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner issued the following news release:

Mayor Sylvester Turner has asked top staff members to study whether statues related to the Confederacy should be removed from city property.

The mayor commented about the statues Tuesday at a City Council meeting after members of the public urged the city to remove the statues from its public spaces because, they said, the statues honor slavery and racism.

Staff members wi . . .

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