Another legal drama is unfolding in the picturesque town of Covington, Georgia, setting for the television sequel to the 1960s film “In the Heat of the Night” that starred Sidney Portier as a Black detective from Philadelphia working with a Southern sheriff.

Today’s story is playing out in the Newton County courthouse before Alcovy Judicial Circuit Judge John Ott. The Sons of Confederate Veterans and other plaintiffs are asking the judge to stop the Newton County Board of Commissioners from taking action on their 3-2 vote in July to remove a 23-foot tall statue that has stood in the middle of the town square since 1906. The monument includes an inscription honoring the men who fought for the Confederacy and the women who supported and encouraged them.

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