The South’s Defenders Monument is pictured after Hurricane Laura ripped through Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Aug. 27, 2020. (Photo credit: Twitter / Andrew Beam) LAKE CHARLES, La. - Hurricane Laura toppled a Confederate monument in Lake Charles, Louisiana, just weeks after officials in the area had voted to keep the statue.The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, which is similar to a county commission, voted Aug.
13 to leave the South’s Defenders Monument on the grounds of the courthouse, according to the local American Press newspaper.Calcasieu Parish Administrator Bryan Beam said at the time that the parish had received 945 written responses about the monument since June.