City Hit by Backlash After Removing ‘Lord’ From Monument to Fallen Officers

City Hit by Backlash After Removing ‘Lord’ From Monument to Fallen Officers
In this file image, an NYPD officer pauses at the National September 11 Memorial, September 11, 2017 in New York City. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
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First, the city officials painted out the word “Lord” from a prayer carved into a monument to fallen officers, after complaints that public grounds should be secular.

Now, following a widespread backlash against that decision, they have completely removed the stone monument that featured “The Officer’s Prayer” from where it stood outside the new police station in Tega Cay, South Carolina.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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