17 for ’17: Atlanta Considers Fate Of Its Confederate Monuments

This statue of a Confederate soldier in Piedmont Park was vandalized with spray paint from protesters who marched through the city in August.

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WABE News is looking back at the top 17 news stories in 2017. 

The fate of Confederate monuments was at the forefront of discussion for many cities this year. Atlanta was no different.

Atlanta’s Mayor Kasim Reed decided to form a committee to look at what to do with Confederate monuments in the city after a protest by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia turned deadly.