ATLANTA — The Georgia division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the organization’s Lawrenceville chapter and two individual members re-filed a lawsuit this month against Gwinnett County over the removal of a Confederate monument from the Lawrenceville square.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans initially sued the county and each county commissioner last year, alleging the monument’s removal two years ago after a board vote was illegal. The organization withdrew that suit and refiled it against the county alone because the commissioners have sovereign immunity, said Martin O’Toole, spokesman for the state division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
O’Toole said the new suit also complies with the Georgia Supreme Court’s ruling in October that “community stakeholders” have standing to sue over the removal of Confederal monuments.
