Christopher Columbus statue toppled and thrown into water

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Footage shows people cheering as monument comes down

‘s Inner Harbour has been pulled from its pedestal and thrown into the water, according to video posted on social media.Another shows it being rolled off an embankment and into the water, where it causes a big splash.Download now

 

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Hope the bastards get 10 years in the slammer.

Please , his name was CristoforoColombo. At least you might have used the Latin version “Christophorus Columbus”. In Italy we don’t translate foreign real names. DonaldTrump, for instance, does not become Donaldo Tromba.

He didn’t discover America anyway

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Trump is right! - ..also should the Marxists get free helicopter rides?

Wanton vandalism

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Be moral & save the history.

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Put him in a museum

'No white is superior to a black and no black is superior to a white, except in piety & good actions Remember one day you will stand infront of God and answer for your actions. So do not stray from righteousness after I am gone -Muhammad God's messenger

Yeet the statue of that monster out like the trash that it is. American authorities should only leave Columbus statues standing in museums.

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