Gov. Hogan releases statement regarding the Justice Taney statue

Governor Hogan has released a statement on Tuesday regarding the removal of the Justice Roger B. Taney statue.

Governor Hogan has come out with a statement about the statue on the grounds of the Maryland State House. Hogan says, "As I said at my inauguration, Maryland has always been a state of middle temperament, which is a guiding principle of our administration.

While we cannot hide from our history – nor should we – the time has come to make clear the difference between properly acknowledging our past and glorifying the darkest chapters of our history.

With that in mind, I believe removing the Justice Roger B. Taney statue from the State House grounds is the right thing to do, and we will ask the State House Trust to take that action immediately."

According to Maryland.gov, Taney was the author of the 1857 Dred Scott decision which upheld slavery and denied citizenship to black people.