Douglas Heye is a CNN political commentator and former deputy chief of staff to then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. (CNN) The announcement that City of New Orleans would remove four monuments to the Confederate era was sure to cause controversy and stoke racial tensions in the city. Removing Confederate monuments can be a delicate issue in the South. But the monument in question isn't your garden variety statue honoring a general who was brave in battle. The Liberty Place Monument commemorates an 1874 uprising by the Crescent City White League, described as a "paramilitary organization of the Democratic Party, made up largely of Confederate veterans."

Source: CNN April 25, 2017 20:48 UTC