Stolen Confederate Monument Found In New Orleans; 2 Arrested

SELMA, AL — A confederate monument stolen from a Selma cemetery has been recovered, according to a report, and New Orleans police have arrested two people in connection with the theft.

Stanley Warnick and Kathryn Diionno have been arrested for allegedly stealing the Jefferson Davis Memorial Chair from the Old Live Oak Cemetery in Selma, according to a CNN report citing New Orleans police. The theft had taken place in March.

Both are facing possession of stolen property charges in New Orleans, CNN reported.

Police are also searching for one additional suspect in connection with the theft.

An anti-racism group calling itself "White Lies Matter" took responsibility for the theft in a letter sent to media this week. The group said it would not return the monument until its demands were met.

The group said it wasn't seeking cash in return for the monument, a stone chair honoring Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Instead, the group said it just wanted a Civil War historic preservation group to display a banner acknowledging "America's original sin" of slavery.

The banner contained a quote from Assata Shakur, a former member of the Black Liberation Army convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper in 1973, which reads, "The rulers of this country have always considered their property more important than our lives."

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