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Helpful Protestors In Baltimore Help Christopher Columbus Statue Discover The Bottom Of The Inner Harbor

Xaszatm

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What do you mean? The statue clearly tripped. Shame, these statues are just so clumsy these days.
 
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Rizific

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thread title needs to be changed to "columbus discovers new harbor in baltimore"
 

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A Christopher Columbus statue was torn down in Baltimore on the night of July 4th and got thrown into the Inner Harbor:



www.baltimoresun.com

Christopher Columbus statue near Little Italy brought down, tossed into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor

A crowd of shouting protesters yanked down the Christopher Columbus statue near Little Italy, dragged it to the edge of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and rolled it with a splash into the water as …
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July 4, 2020

A crowd of shouting protesters yanked down the Christopher Columbus statue near Little Italy, dragged it to the edge of Baltimore's Inner Harbor and rolled it with a splash into the water as fireworks went off around the city on the night of the Fourth of July.

Dedicated in 1984, the statue is the latest monument in the U.S. to fall this year during the national reckoning over racism and police violence that also has toppled statues of Confederate figures and enslavers around the country.

The debate drew renewed attention to Baltimore's Christopher Columbus memorials — including one in Herring Run Park believed to be the nation's oldest. The legacy of the 15th-century Italian explorer, who had long been credited by history textbooks as a hero who discovered America, has come under fire over his violent enslavement of native people.

The torn-down Columbus statue is part of a "re-examination taking place nationally and globally around some of these monuments and statues that may represent different things to different people," said Lester Davis, a spokesman for Democratic Mayor Bernard C. "Jack" Young, on Saturday night.

"We understand the dynamics that are playing out in Baltimore are part of a national narrative," Davis said. "We understand the frustrations. What the city wants to do is serve as a national model, particularly with how we've done with protesting. We've seen people who have taken to the streets, we have supported them. We are going to continue to support it. That's a full stop."

The Columbus statue was dragged down as people marched across the city Saturday demanding reallocation of funds from the police department to social services, a reassessment of the public education system, reparations for Black people, housing for the homeless, and the removal of all statues "honoring white supremacists, owners of enslaved people, perpetrators of genocide, and colonizers," according to a flyer.

Davis said he did not know whether police officers were ordered to allow the statue to be torn down. But he made clear that protecting statues was not a priority of the city police department in the face of homicides and other violent crime.

"Our officers in Baltimore City, who are some of the finest in country, they are principally concerned with the preservation of life," the mayor's spokesman said. "That is sacrosanct. Everything else falls secondary to that, including statues."
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Soundscream

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For as shitty as things are, seeing this is a solid reminder that these times do have some good parts to it .
 
fontguy

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Soundscream said:
Is this the same statue?

www.resetera.com

Defenders warn critics of Baltimore City’s Christopher Columbus statue: “Stay the hell away from it”

Here's an article about 30+ people showing up in Baltimore City strongly defending Christopher Columbus with one person stating “These people who publicly threaten to destroy these statues are not protesters. They terrorize and ruin communities, and discredit those who legitimately protest” and...
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If so 😅
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omg IT IS
 
djplaeskool

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Soundscream said:
Is this the same statue?

www.resetera.com

Defenders warn critics of Baltimore City’s Christopher Columbus statue: “Stay the hell away from it”

Here's an article about 30+ people showing up in Baltimore City strongly defending Christopher Columbus with one person stating “These people who publicly threaten to destroy these statues are not protesters. They terrorize and ruin communities, and discredit those who legitimately protest” and...
www.resetera.com www.resetera.com

If so 😅
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lol
Get rekt
 
SSF1991

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Good.

The more that are taken down, the better.

Soundscream said:
Is this the same statue?

www.resetera.com

Defenders warn critics of Baltimore City’s Christopher Columbus statue: “Stay the hell away from it”

Here's an article about 30+ people showing up in Baltimore City strongly defending Christopher Columbus with one person stating “These people who publicly threaten to destroy these statues are not protesters. They terrorize and ruin communities, and discredit those who legitimately protest” and...
www.resetera.com www.resetera.com

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lmao amazing
 
Raleigh00

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Soundscream said:
Is this the same statue?

www.resetera.com

Defenders warn critics of Baltimore City’s Christopher Columbus statue: “Stay the hell away from it”

Here's an article about 30+ people showing up in Baltimore City strongly defending Christopher Columbus with one person stating “These people who publicly threaten to destroy these statues are not protesters. They terrorize and ruin communities, and discredit those who legitimately protest” and...
www.resetera.com www.resetera.com

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Love this shit. Hilarious. The Richmond, VA still cracks me up. Tore his ass down, put him on fire and threw him in the lake.
 
GillianSeed79

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As a Marylander and an American who is half Italian, I just have to say one thing....fuck Christopher Columbus with a rusty spork dipped in salt.
 

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Good! Hope it goes better than it did in the uk

www.bbc.co.uk

Edward Colston statue pulled out of Bristol Harbour

Black Lives Matter demonstrators tore down the statue of the slave trader at an anti-racism protest.
www.bbc.co.uk

We turfed a slave trader in the drink, then our public broadcaster tried to help the government identify and prosecute those responsible

www.bbc.co.uk

Appeal to identify Edward Colston statue protesters

Images are released of 15 people police want to speak to about criminal damage.
www.bbc.co.uk

Uttet scum media
 
Serein

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In fourteen hundred ninety-two,
Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
Then in two-thousand and twenty,
His statue was toppled by protesters plenty.
 
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