was ripped from its base and damaged beyond repair in New York ... and the timing makes it look like revenge for the recent toppling of Confederate monuments.
The famed abolitionist's statue was torn down Sunday in Rochester's Maplewood Park, a site along the Underground Railroad where slaves were ushered to freedom with the help of Douglass andPolice say the statue was found 50 feet from its pedestal and suffered damage to the base and a finger.
In the speech, Douglass called the celebration of Independence Day a sham in a nation that enslaves and oppresses Black citizens. Douglass said to a slave, the day"reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim." Eison believes the statue being toppled might be a retaliatory act due to the"national fever over Confederate monuments right now," and called it disappointing.
He adds that another monument should go up immediately so"whoever did this knows that we are not going to be deterred from what our objective is, and our objective is to continually celebrate Frederick Douglass."
RealDLHughley 😳
Can you confirm it’s retaliation? Or are you assuming it’s retaliation
Wow
“Makes it look” like it’s retaliation. No one knows for sure. Hans Heg statue was torn down by fools who didn’t know he was an abolitionist. These anarchists aren’t historians, they could have easily torn down Douglass. They desecrated Lincoln, the president that ended slavery
bUt wE cArE aBouT pReSerViNg hiStoRy
Where did they put it.?
Wouldn’t you actually need some kind of proof to use this headline?
DrewLittlejohn X
Here’s a picture I took of it a month ago.
Ive been seeing on twitter, Republicans blaming this on BlackLivesMatter as if a black person destroyed the statue. Idk what to think. I know one thing, defacing a confederate statue should be done on camera. Because that is righteous protest and should be seen by all Americans
Couldn’t wait to post this yet what are the names of the bigot duo defacing the BlackLivesMatter mural in Martinez Where’s that pic
I'd say they'd always wanted to do it. This in their feeble, twisted minds just gave them a better excuse to do so.
Bring them all down! MLK cheated on his wife and was a homophobe. Bring down his statues too! Change the parks, schools, and everything with his name!
Say something about this DANGEROUS DONALD? I can't hear you
Republicans always have to copy is. Never could they in a million years even if their life depended on it come up with an original thought.
Do YouTube HQ next
Ruining statues of historic figures, is only going to lead to more of this. Then we will have nothing left. Bravo plan!
Casualties of war...keep pushing!✊🏾
Racist are all coming out of the woodwork now.
nobody cares
Coward liberals must stand up and call out the root of racism and evil, the myth of christianity.
Duh
Ya'lll niggas betta quit messn with these white gangsta muthafuckas. thay crazy! we might be in over our heads! We need to start taking care of our own neighborhoods. We killin each other. BlackOnBlackViolence BlackLivesMattters
BLM did this and their reason was “he acted white”
of course they’re gonna call it a retaliation with no proof at all LOL
because that will change the world.....
Retaliation for what?
All statues need to come down if one is. Most importantly the Obama one needs to be torn down and destroyed he the biggest racist of all and worst so called president there ever was
No suspects or evidence to support this leftist theory
Absolutely no evidence it was retaliation this is what antifa and blm do you just have no testicular fortitude to call them out. What about them murdering a 16 yr old at the chop zone or the 8 yr old baby in atl!?
Terrorists. BLMTerrorists
Welcome to the Democratic Party 2020!
People are stupid. He was vocal about ending slavery. These young idiot need to read a book.
Dems are so dumb they don't even know what they are destroying anymore
🖕tmz
Yet more proof Black Lives Matter doesn't mean Black Lives Matter 🤔
Not again
Cmon TMZ, I haven’t seen a thing about a 8 year old kid killed by BLM protestors rioters, whatever they are. But you got the guy getting shot for stealing a BBQ
Strange, this isn't the first time one of the SEVERAL duplicate Frederick Douglass statues (part of an art installation) was stolen. It happened last year. No national news, then.
Catchy headline... Presented zero evidence it was in retaliation.
they tore down a statue of Stevie Ray Vaughn. do you think the Communists know who Fredrick Douglass is?
Retaliation? Really tmz. Most likely it was your godless racist anti American leftist pals who did it.
L
People will believe anything besides the racist TRUTH.
'Looks Like Retaliation'? Uh, No - it looks like MORONS want to Control TMZ into tweeting: 'Frederick Douglass Statue Torn Down in Retaliation'. What's the matter? The HOAX is Only Tearing down a statue - Right? MORONS - any way you look at it. Ha, ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So where's the evidence
The maturity of people who lawlessly tear down statues is astounding 🤦🏼♀️
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