In 2020, the fact is that the GEN Stonewall Jackson statue is PRIVATELY OWNED & ON PRIVATELY OWNED land & therefore its removal by ANYONE except the lawful owners of the property was UNLAWFUL.
That said, in 2020, the FACT that the mayor of Richmond committed a criminal act in having the statue removed W/O the consent of the lawful owners seems to HAVE NO CONSEQUENCE at law.
(Do you or any other reader believe that the mayor or his crowd of clowns will be PUNISHED for his/their CRIMES in 2020 or in the future??)
Yours, TMN78247
Virginia makes a specific provision in the statute quoted below for Virginia citizens not just law enforcement to [take] proper measures and [exercise] proper means for the protection, preservation and care of same.
I wonder whether Virginia case law exists where armed defense with possible use of lethal force has constituted a legally justifiable application of proper measures and proper means.
Code of Virginia
Table of Contents » Title 15.2. Counties, Cities and Towns » Subtitle II. Powers of Local Government » Chapter 18. Buildings, Monuments and Lands Generally » Article 3. Miscellaneous » § 15.2-1812. Memorials for war veterans
Section § 15.2-1812. Memorials for war veterans.
A locality may, within the geographical limits of the locality, authorize and permit the erection of monuments or memorials for any war or conflict, or for any engagement of such war or conflict, to include the following monuments or memorials: Algonquin (1622), French and Indian (1754-1763), Revolutionary (1775-1783), War of 1812 (1812-1815), Mexican (1846-1848), Confederate or Union monuments or memorials of the War Between the States (1861-1865), Spanish-American (1898), World War I (1917-1918), World War II (1941-1945), Korean (1950-1953), Vietnam (1965-1973), Operation Desert Shield-Desert Storm (1990-1991), Global War on Terrorism (2000- ), Operation Enduring Freedom (2001- ), and Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003- ).
If such are erected, it shall be unlawful for the authorities of the locality, or any other person or persons, to disturb or interfere with any monuments or memorials so erected, or to prevent its citizens from taking proper measures and exercising proper means for the protection, preservation and care of same. For purposes of this section, "disturb or interfere with" includes removal of, damaging or defacing monuments or memorials , or, in the case of the War Between the States, the placement of Union markings or monuments on previously designated Confederate memorials or the placement of Confederate markings or monuments on previously designated Union memorials. The governing body may appropriate a sufficient sum of money out of its funds to complete or aid in the erection of monuments or memorials to the veterans of such wars. The governing body may also make a special levy to raise the money necessary for the erection or completion of any such monuments or memorials, or to supplement the funds already raised or that may be raised by private persons, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion or other organizations. It may also appropriate, out of any funds of such locality, a sufficient sum of money to permanently care for, protect and preserve such monuments or memorials and may expend the same thereafter as other funds are expended.
Code 1950, § 15-696; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-270; 1982, c. 19; 1988, c. 284; 1997, c. 587; 1998, c. 752; 2005, c. 390; 2010, c. 860.
FReegards!
Who are the lawful owners?