Group sues NCDOT over decision to remove battle flag from license plates The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles says it will no longer issue specialty license plates featuring the Confederate battle flag. (Source: CNN) By CBS 17 Digital Desk | March 8, 2021 at 4:23 PM EST - Updated March 8 at 4:52 PM
SANFORD, N.C. (WNCN) The North Carolina Sons of Confederate Veterans is suing the North Carolina Department of Transportation amid its decision to stop production of the Confederate battle flag on state license plates.
The complaint was filed in Lee County Superior Court on Monday.
A statement from the Sons of Confederate Veterans says members have rights and “deserve equal treatment under North Carolina law.”
Following the racial protests of last year, some Asheboro residents are still wondering if anything will happen to the Confederate statue on the Randolph County Historic Courthouse property.
In July 2015, the NC General Assembly passed Senate Bill 22, the Historic Artifact Management and Patriotism Act, which prevents the removal of monuments such as the Confederate statue.
Although this legislature may have halted any immediate plans to relocate the statue it doesn t change the tumultuous history it has left behind. Honor all veterans
Chip Foust, president of the Randolph County NAACP, said the county has a rich history of being anti-Confederate. During the lead up to the Civil War, there was a vote held and over 2700 citizens voted to stay in the United States, with less than 50 voting to join the Confederacy.
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North Carolina will no longer issue or renew specialty license plates depicting the Confederate battle flag, officials said Monday.
The state’s Division of Motor Vehicles said the agency had received complaints about plates featuring the Confederate flag following nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The Division of Motor Vehicles has determined that license plates bearing the Confederate battle flag have the potential to offend those who view them, the agency said in a statement obtained by the Associated Press. We have therefore concluded that display of the Confederate battle flag is inappropriate for display on specialty license plates, which remain property of the state.