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Anonymous ID: d6e76d July 23, 2020, 7:22 p.m. No.10060912   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0939 >>0964 >>0968 >>0972 >>0985 >>1033 >>1036 >>1118 >>1146 >>1241 >>1296 >>1379 >>1460

Mayor Lori Lightfoot planning to remove Christopher Columbus statue from Chicago’s Grant Park

 

 

Mayor Lori Lightfoot is planning to remove the controversial statue of Christopher Columbus from Chicago’s Grant Park as soon as Thursday night, in part to avoid another high-profile confrontation between police and protesters like the one that happened last week, sources told the Tribune.

 

Not all Italian American leaders in Chicago are on board with the decision, but it has received the blessing of some groups, sources said.

 

Protesters marched downtown last Friday then headed into Grant Park, where a group of people attempted to take down the statue, similar to what’s happened in other cities across the country.

 

https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-christopher-columbus-statue-grant-park-lori-lightfoot-20200724-2hsbobbt7ndmpmkgyh6vfl7cvq-story.html

Anonymous ID: d6e76d July 23, 2020, 7:35 p.m. No.10061014   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1021 >>1036 >>1177 >>1241 >>1460

Mayor Lightfoot planning to remove Christopher Columbus statue: report

 

CHICAGO — Mayor Lori Lightfoot reportedly plans to remove the Christopher Columbus statue from Grant Park.

 

The Chicago Tribune reports the removal of the statue could happen as early as Thursday night. The move is reportedly being made in order to avoid another confrontation between protesters and police.

 

Last Friday night, 49 police officers were hurt in what police said were organized attacks. Chicago Police Department Supt. David Brown said 18 officers needed treatment at the hospital.

 

Protesters were also injured. One woman said she had her teeth damaged by police officers while she was recording the scene.

 

The protest started as a peaceful Black Lives Matter rally downtown. The crowd eventually moved to the statue around 7 p.m. that Friday near Columbus Drive and Roosevelt Road in Grant Park. About 1,000 people rushed the statue, which is when the chaos ensued.

 

Protesters tried at one point to yank down the statue of Columbus. Columbus Day has in recent years been controversial because the day has been used to commemorate the Italian explorer who claimed to have discovered the region now known as the Americas in 1492. The area was already populated by indigenous people and some have argued that Columbus’ actions led to their genocide.

 

Those opposed to renaming the holiday argue that the day is meant for celebrating Italian heritage and historical contributions.

 

At last Friday’s protest, demonstrators at one point threw fireworks, cans and rocks at police officers who used batons. Some people climbed the wall surrounding the statue and some tried for 30 minutes to bring it down.

 

“They tear gassed real people,” one protester said. “They threw bricks at real people, and hit batons on real people to protect the statue. So when we say, ‘Who do you protect and who do you serve?’ It’s a statue of Christopher Columbus.”

 

Twelve people were arrested for mob action.

 

https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mayor-lightfoot-to-remove-christopher-columbus-statue-report/

Anonymous ID: d6e76d July 23, 2020, 7:49 p.m. No.10061118   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1138

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Tens of thousand to rally on weekend to save columbus statue…. mayor stops free speech and the right to protest by trying to take down the statue

 

Italien americans coming out by the tens of thousands to rally around columbus this weekend

 

Will the mayor stop free speech or protect Antia and BLM right to riot ?