Black judge removes Mississippi flag with Confederate emblem from court

[pbrower2a]

Mississippi needs to evict the legacy of the Confederacy from its flag -- or authorize an alternative that does not include a symbol. I'm guessing that the Confederate flag to most blacks is about as offensive as a hammer-and-sickle emblem to non-Communists with bad memories of Commie rule.

Courtrooms are appropriately austere in their decorations.  What would I tolerate if I were a judge?

Portraits of Washington and Lincoln
the Flag of the United states
the State flag (but only if it has no symbols of the Confederacy)
a county flag
a city flag
words identifying the courtroom as a generic title "22nd Superior Court of the State of..."

No religious symbols.
No portrait of anyone other than Washington or Lincoln -- including mine.
Not even my Bar Association accreditation

I want a neutral courtroom, and that is how it remains neutral.