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Baltimore Mayor Considers Removal Of Confederate Monuments

Mayor Catherine Pugh says she wants to "take a closer look at how we go about following in the footsteps of New Orleans," which removed its confederate monuments earlier this month.
Mayor Catherine Pugh speaks at a news conference at City Hall in Baltimore on April 4. / Patrick Semansky / Shutterstock.com

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh is considering the removal of her city's Confederate monuments, as New Orleans did just days ago.

"The city does want to remove these," Pugh . "We will take a closer look at how we go about following in the footsteps of New Orleans."

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