DECATUR, Ga. - Heavy equipment and construction crews overtook Decatur Square late Thursday evening. The focus was the controversial Confederate monument a DeKalb County judge ordered safely removed and stored to protect both the public and historic obelisk.
It took crews about an hour to delicately remove the monument using a crane and forklift.Press and onlookers crowed around the Square.
Cheers from the gathered crowd could be head as the crews pulled the obelisk from its base and dangled in the air. The crane lowered the piece and slowly lowered it to its side.Last Friday, Judge Clarence F.