Lawyer: High court won’t move trial over Confederate statue

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The lawyer for a black man seeking to move his trial from a Louisiana courthouse with a Confederate statue out front says the state’s Supreme Court won’t move the trial.
Niles Haymer says the court denied the appeal by a 6-0 vote. One justice abstained. No reason was given.
Haymer’s client, Ronnie Anderson, faces a charge of illegal possession of a stolen firearm. Anderson argues the Confederate monument outside the East Feliciana Parish Courthouse is a