Bid to remove Forrest bust from Capitol runs into opposition
The bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest is displayed in the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville in this Aug. 17, 2017, file photo. (Mark Humphrey/AP)
A bid to remove the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest from the State Capitol stalled Tuesday, with some legislators saying they weren't sure the Confederate general had done anything wrong.
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Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.
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