Columbus statue toppled by Baltimore protesters, thrown into harbor

Baltimore protesters pulled down a statue of Christopher Columbus and threw it into the city’s Inner Harbor on Saturday night.

Demonstrators used ropes to topple the monument in the Little Italy neighborhood, news outlets reported. Protesters mobilized by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis have called for the removal of statues of Columbus, among others. They say the Italian explorer is responsible for the genocide and exploitation of native peoples in the Americas.

Statues of Columbus have also been toppled or vandalized in cities such as Miami; Richmond, Va.; St. Paul, Minn., and Boston, where one was decapitated.

racist and bigoted= WASHINGTONpostchangeyourname

Love how during Obama years, nothing, then: Statues! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

How many times did Nancy Pelosi walk past that statue or celebrate Columbus Day with her family in Little Italy ?

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Statues can be erected again

20 YEARS IN JAIL MORONS FOR A STATUE. AHHAHHAHAHAHHAAHHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHA

'As soon as I arrived in the Indies, on the first Island which I found, I took some of the natives by force in order that they might learn and might give me information of whatever there is in these parts.'

THAT'S MY TOWN! decolonizebaltimore

Stace_RNresists Honestly, we have numerous statues in every city USA. We see them; but, for the most part haven't talked about the iconography and related history. We're seeing a 'hundredth monkey effect.' Collectively, we are enacting change and will need to see where we go.

No spaghetti for them.

'They do not bear arms, and do not know them, for I showed them a sword, they took it by the edge and cut themselves out of ignorance... They would make fine servants.... With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.'

THANK YOU! We are uplifted by every action which SAYS YES TO EQUALITY For African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans and all Indigenous persons including Puerto Ricans!WeLoveEqualityAndDiversity!🇺🇸

they used to be called protesters, and now they are just mobs

God bless America. Land of the free. Where all men are created equal. 🇺🇸🗽

Idiot people hasn’t limits

The hardest they worked in years.

The fact that we have historical sites that depict & remind us of the flaws & dark periods in US history is a tribute to our open society, not a negative. We face it, remember it, learn from it & don't try to hide or erase it.

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