Baton Rouge contractor hired to remove Confederate monuments in New Orleans backs out amidst death threats

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A Baton Rouge company that was hired by the City of New Orleans to remove several Confederate monuments is backing out of the job, after its employees received death threats and other area businesses threatened to cancel existing contracts with the firm. In a letter to the City of New Orleans dated Tuesday, Baton Rouge

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