Frederick Douglass statue vandalized in Rochester park

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was ripped from its base in Rochester on the anniversary of one of his most famous speeches, delivered in that city in 1852.

Police said the statue of Douglass was taken on Sunday from Maplewood Park, a site along the Underground Railroad where Douglas and Harriet Tubman helped shuttle slaves to freedom. The statue was found at the brink of the Genesee River gorge about 50 feet from its pedestal, police said. There was damage to the base and a finger.

In Rochester on July 5, 1852, Douglass gave the speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July,” in which he called the celebration of liberty a sham in a nation that enslaves and oppresses its Black citizens.To a slave, Douglass said, Independence Day is “a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim.

They guard and celebrate their symbols of hate and bigotry. But are quick to destroy anything related to peace and equality.

Welcome to the Democratic Party 2020!

It’s not like he commuted genocide or all the other appalling things the expansionists did.

Typical of that mindset. There going tohave to get used to truth.

People have no idea what they believe or why or what statues they are destroying. They are moronic Marxists, arsonist, rioting, looting, criminal thugs.

This is not about equality...its blatant vandalism. This also shows just how STUPID these idiots really are.

Nobody ever said these anarchists were smart...

You assume that it's by BLM, but its obvious it's by the KKK

It has a name. It’s called iconoclasm.

This is terrible and unnecessarily cruel

BrandiKruse See what I was referring too, the left-wing mob will not just at confederate statues. Any American who is honored in the US, is an enemy to the Left. BrandiKruse

Because this has never been about racism. This is about the systematic destruction of our country. And liberals walk right into it.

They are just going to keep damaging things because no one will do anything to stop it and the freaking presss makes heroes out of them. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

realDonaldTrump you still sentencing the max to people who tear down statues?

So none saw this happen? With all the police running around, cameras rolling, statues being taken down and none saw this one fuckamerica

Bet money people are blaming this on whitey. Who the hell has been tearing down statues recently?

So now we’re offended by statues being torn down?

Can't tell if it was white supremacists or misguided/uneducated kids thinking it was a Confederate statue....

Send in the boys

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All of these statues are homage to Greek hellinistic sculpture including the stone mountain relief. If anything during this time, a Greco/Croatian motive is best suited.

Everyones passing the blame but its very possible it was really the groups that were against 4th of july. I mean he was known for that 4th of july speech n it coincidentally happened 4th of july weekend. Connect the dots

Unlike these racist swine walking already the country with their AK47s and covered up Swastikas, black people don’t worship statues. Tear them down If you want. Don’t worry, we won’t forget our history either way and we don’t need some statue to remind us of it.

History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.

white folks, realize this is war.. our peaceful protest continues to be met with discrimination and violence. every brown and black person whos been on strike has witnessed white folks burning down Wendy's and causing destructions. removing validity from our fight.

BLM strikes again!

Tweets like this which focus on the contradictions at what make people hate the black lives movement. This is how they stigmatized black people with criminals. Why out of all ten statues taken down, you choose this one? It’s obviously to make us look dumber than we really are

How sad! And a statement of hate.

It has been obvious for a while that these idiots don't care whose statue they are destroying. If it's American and it's old, tear it down. There are people trying to destroy this country, and they are dragging down people of all colors and beliefs right along with them.

what the fuck

Do you commentators even know history? Do you even know what abolition means? Who's statue are you going to tear down next MLK?

So abolitionists are the baddies know?

The right's reaction: This is a terrible, shameful act The left's reaction: The right and White supremacists did it

WHY was this such a surprise.I knew this was going to happen before long

Nonsense

You mean to tell me there is NO video of this being torn down And no one saw ANYTHING? I call BS. 🙄

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A black man they don't care about what he did just whant to destroy everything that is history

Wasnt he black?

Stupid MAGAts hard at work

Take all the statutes and put them in a museum if people want to look at them they can go see it

This is what Identity politics does, it divides people. Can we stop now?

This brings to the forefront the question of whether public universities should be dismantled and\\or recontextualized as part of the ongoing public conversation.

This pisses me off so much

Obviously MAGAts

You people are psychopaths your blaming Trump for this. I am confident it was leftist who took this down. You dont get to enforce your will. You get to vote, and peaceful protest. Thats it! Stop acting like children. Your going to get killed doing shit like this.

This is all blm, this is what they want, chaos, extremism, America's isis, what about kainya west or ben carson, susan rice? Does their black lives matter? Just like the klan on the right, all nutjob extremists.

I guarantee you it was leftist who took this down. Anyone who tears down a statue needs to be prosecuted. If you want a statue taken down. You have to do it by vote. NOTHING gives you the right to just take it down.

The outrage of this atrocious unlawful act will be manifested in the voting booths. Trump2020

SIMPS

Shameful One of the 19th century's great American's and a towering figure in this history of human rights and abolitionism.

Upstate NY is racist af.

Bunch of twats ripping down statues regardless of who it is.

AHAHAAHAH TRUMP REALLY THOUGHT 😭😭😭😂

So all that junk Trump was talking about harsh punishments still gonna apply to these people right?

I knew this would happen, because it is the mentality of some that if you take away my Confederate Generals who fought for slavery, I will take away your Abolitionists who fought for freedom. The statue war has started. What happened, America, my home sweet home? 💔

If that's not the height of ass-holery, I don't know what is.

It was bound to happen.

Is this story being reported bc they think it was done by Trump supporters? The AP is trash

I guess abolitionist lives don’t matter

Weird how racists only do things at night in the dark You'd think they'd be proud of their actions

They need to arrest every person involved in all of these statue tear downs. Justice must be served

just bc the statue isn't there, doesn't mean that person didn't exist.

'haha BLM is so stupid' Yeah, because only BLM can tear down statues... Totally.

it's just a statue. if people care more about a statue then the eight year old girl who was shot to death in atlanta two days ago or the other 22 shot there over the 4th, then they're part of the problem. FrederickDouglass AtlantaShooting blacklivesmatter

Again. I'm not so much concerned with imagery, as the racial disparity. Focus on solutions to the root of the problem. Imagine how much stronger we would be together economically, psychologically, culturally.

Can't fix stupid.

WHO CARES? Aren't the BLM folks all about destroying history? WooHoo!!! Tear em all down 😜🤪

Well ... of course.

Just proves that this has nothing to do with racism and everything to do with erasing our nation's history. The liberal left will not be satisfied until they desecrate every part of American culture.

Lol. This is reaching cartoon levels of ridiculous.

This is probably some eye for an eye act done by an alt right weirdo bc it pretty much exposes them, since all these confederate statues are being taken down, they’re taking down one of the Frederick Douglass, in like a “if you destroy our idols, we’ll destroy yours” way. yikes..

Why would the protesters take down a Frederick Douglass statue? This was probably done by a different group.

Here it comes.

I guess this is the way it is now. We have declared war on statues.

The left never stops with their destruction

LOL, this is hysterical. We aren't going to have a fucking statue left except for Rocky.

Yeah all countries matter on july 4th

occupy government

Good tear down all statues representing any black heritage, they want to tear down southern heritage make theirs disappear

Maybe they should talk to the lady who was filmed trying to paint over the BLACK LIVES MATTER mural...Knocking down a Frederick Douglass statue sounds like it’s in her wheelhouse.

Now y’all racist just mad

the one funny thing about this is that apparently the statue was too heavy so they only carried it like 20 feet away and dropped it

Leftists: “Frederick Douglass was a racist!!”

mavgrab302 There are your crowd , not mine.

What the fuck is this? Remember when everyone laughed when Trump said that they’d be tearing down Washington and Jefferson next? Well now they’re tearing down statues of black people who adamantly fought against slavery

NYGovCuomo

To everyone blaming ignorant blm or antifa protestors as well as those saying this was a white suprem reprisal, please stfu, we DO NOT KNOW WHO DID THIS OR WHY

Good thing Trump said he's gonna get anybody who tears down a statue!

Democrats are a disease on this nation! The Democrat party should seriously be considered a hate group! DemocratsHateAmerica

The_A_Prentice realDonaldTrump where's it at Donny

If you think this is 'the MAGA crowd' and not the same anti-American far leftists that have been tearing down everything American you're delusional.

This seems......counterproductive

The Trump Bois

Well that is nasty

I think it’s an attack against BLM.

Five young black children were murdered by black gang members this weekend in America, adding to the thousands of blacks murdered by blacks in America every year - but yes, let’s focus on stupid statues - so much more important than human lives!

Funny how the blame went straight to the protesters. Mostly likely answer is white supremacist doing it to set a bad image of the BLM.

The BLM crowd strikes again... SMFH!

Typical ignorant racists, and I don’t mean white people.

Wouldn’t surprise me one bit if some woke leftists or MarxistBLM -ers were responsible for this. They aren’t too bright when it comes to American history; (e.g. the destruction of the Ulysses Grant statue in San Francisco). BLMIsADomesticTerroristGroup DemocratsTheEnemyWithin

Womp womp goes both ways I guess

And what evidence does Carvon Eison have that this was done by people retaliating for the removal of Confederate statues? Seems like he has a hidden agenda.

Sounds pretty white to me

Leftists be like: bUt ItS oK wHeN wE dO iT!!11!

Wah wah wah eye for an eye statue for a statue

So sad

you tear down one, you have to tear down them all.

Trump said 10 years minimum incarceration for those who destroy historical monuments. There's no reason for vandalism. Hold these bastards accountable.

Maga crowd doesn't tear down statues. Prove me wrong.

Good.

So you think Frederick Douglass accomplishments are analogous to the “accomplishments” of any confederate general or leader? One wanted equality & dignity for all & another wanted to keep blacks enslaved & considered animals, 3/5 of a man. Yeah, no this is not vigilante justice

GerberKawasaki commie socialist welfare baby fake fraudster hypocrite

YOU ARE ALL WRONG! Half think it’s MAGA. Half think it’s IGNORANT PROTESTORS! The truth is, it is people who hate everything about America and want to destroy EVERYTHING!

Fucking disgrace

There is no end to hate?

I would more likely believe that it was poorly government educated millennials who believe that “statue bad”, so they ripped it down without knowing anything about it.

TonyTodd54 I'm guessing they won't get a 10 year prison sentence since the statue wasn't of a racist.

Who could of predicted this? We a statue killing cancel culture. Who the fuck is Newton anyways and who give cares about his third rule.

These individuals are the worst of anti-Americans! There agenda is to destroy all that made America great. They have no morals. Why are they allowed to destroy our history and our way of life? Why are those elected by honest taxpayers doing nothing?

Wonder if realDonaldTrump will be upset about this statue being torn down.

I just can't help but think that a) there are racists everywhere, and b) the language of our country's leadership has encouraged actions in support of white supremacy and against civil rights for all. Disappointing.

Statues aren’t racists, or mass killers, saints, statesmen, or destroyers of civilizations . They’re bronze or stone. The hatred they represent to you is they hatred YOU HAVE in your head and heart. Racism is like a bag of Skittles it comes in ALL colors.

Wow, an eye for an eye and a statue for a statue. And this to say the alllivesmatter? We still stand right there with FrederickDouglass as if hundreds of years have not passed.

I genuinely can’t believe people think blm took down a statue of fucking fredrick douglas like anything remotely relating to race is always blm fault 🤦🏻‍♂️

And here’s the problem with destroying statues. Yes, statues that support evil actions (confederate statues) must be removed. Put them in warehouses. Bring more stairs of POC. An eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth never works.

Good a frederick Douglass statue has no place in today's world. He hated gay people so to memorialize homophobe is disgraceful. No one should have to be reminded of people who hate them just for existing. We shouldnt idolize these people. Probably thought women shouldnt vote too

I assume THESE vandals will get the promised 10-year minimum sentence, right realDonaldTrump?

Sooooo why did they tear it down? From my understanding he was a former slave and was a huge voice for the African-American community. So why tear it down?

I suppose it was only a matter of time before some dim bulb perpetrated a 'copycat' crime.

Why* people.

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. You teach a behavior of destruction, you net destruction. There are many more statutes that need to be destroyed if our great presidents are.

Who cares...its just a statue right.

They are desecrating Christian Abolitionist memorials....this is an attack on Christianity.

Jus build a bigger 1

Slept through history classes...

The indoctrination system that use to be an education system has made monsters out of our children and grandchildren.

I know it’s too late for 2020, but is there any chance you leftist morons could agree to a civilized 2024? I mean what would it take? And be reasonable - we’re not giving you Bernie as POTUS, free weed or $$ for imaginary crises like the green new deal.

Just had a MAGA say all statues are sacred heritage. And if someone decided to put up statues of school shooters outside the school they shot up, it would be fine with him. 🤦🏻‍♂️ Oh MAGA.

Prolly the maga crowd. We aint stupid enough to pull down an abolitionist statue

Are Black people suppose to feel hurt over this? Lmao, will they get 10 years? No one should go to jail for 10 years, but if that's LAW and ORDER, so be it. hahah.

Have we no moral discernment as citizens anymore? This is where Trump led us. I agree with removing statues of those treasonous to the Union, the United States of America. Upstate NY has always had scared white people. They too will benefit from economic equality not scorn.

history cannot be changed changing history does not help anyone to be a better person or to earn more money or to live better or to expect changes in the way of others think,which it helps is to open the way as a political strategy for those who dream of socialism in this country

Maga for sure

realDonaldTrump whwres the outrsge here? Oh wait it was a black man the criminal will probably get a medal

Please tell me how 'racism doesn't exist' and that it's a 'lie by the liberal left'. I got time

“RaCisM iS oNlY iN tHe SoUth”

It's good vs evil at this point.

No way no how , only the left act that way, nice try

10 years to whomever did it. That’s the law now.

mikejblankman Shame... All historical figures are not racist. Many great historical figures were black. Are these white, elitist liberals now telling blacks how to feel? Shame on the left. Most protesters are white, middle class btw.

Ignorance, just plain ignorance - &/or pure evil.

It doesn’t mean BLM did it. It’s just as likely White supremacist types did it. It’s aiming to stir things up so conservatives can say everyone else is a radical.

Vandalism is vandalism, doesn’t matter who it was or what it stands for.

The reckless and lawless behavior needs to stop. Rhetoric countenancing vandalism and violence a “necessary to be heard” needs to stop. The goal and endgame are destruction of the very moral foundation upon which people rely to implement change.

I learned about a true American hero today. Thank you Frederick Douglass!

This is not about Civil Rights; this is a group that wants to eradicate our history, good or bad, and our uniqueness as a nation.

How bout nobody tear down nothing, period, then the conversation goes mute.

We are still an imperfect Union and wanto destruction of memorial (however misplaced) is not going to erase history and absolve the past misgivings of our forefathers. The past is past and cannot be undone like cosmetic surgery for history. Like it or not, the warts are there!

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Frederick Douglass - Hero realDonaldTrump - Zero Remember that when you vote this November, America.

It’s not Frederick Douglas, or any particular person or statue they hate; it’s America they hate.

These ppl are really dumb. I say take every single statue down and don't put up anymore graven images. Zilch. Notta. None.

BretBaier So vandalized vs. toppled says the biased press. It’s no wonder your credibility is sufferin APNews.

So that’s supposed to be 10 years in prison now, right? Or is this different?

You people who think these are Trump supporters doing this are complete nitwits... but you are great at plugging your ears at the oncoming train! You'll be splattered against it eventually. Dummys.

If we’re gonna put the effort into tearing these statues down can we please put some effort into researching them first

Listening the an audio version of F.D.'s speech now on the Wikipedia site:

BLM Antifa crowd strikes again.

People are morons

This is an abomination of epic proportions. Frederick Douglass was a pioneer for universal human rights, the complete and unabridged enfranchisement of African-Americans, and an exemplary writer and orator. I know you are in Heaven, Mr. Douglass, and I thank you for everything.

This is the game we are playing now? Alright, the games have begun. How soon before it escalates though? Stay tuned...

Its obvious payback sad.

Morons complete morons

Republikkkans strike back! Statues can be repaired easier than human lives.

Was there this much outrage when Lincoln's statue was pulled down?

Racist trumpers are grotesque

Well, that’s YOUR kind of people that did that, AP

This is the work of cowardly scum going under the guise of black lives matter. When they do this to one of their own that is about fighting racism I think this is just a bunch of herd mentality cowardly trash

This was never about race, these are communists.

How about questioning if The great divider knows about bounty’s our on our soldiers by Russia Oh yes I forgot party over our soldiers and country.

MaxBlumenthal When did this country start to worship concrete statues Stop deifying people.Use that money spent on statues to do some 'actual' good in their community. Stop caring more about concrete than your neighbors.Did any statue ever help any of you Pathetic

This has gone too far

MaxBlumenthal America is and has always been a white supremest country. Close to half if not more of the population are hardcore racist. It’s always been like that.

How does it feel?!

Vandalized by whom is the question. Maybe done by one group attempting to blame another group and enrage the general population against that group. statue FrederickDouglass

Nobody should be tearing down anything

MaxBlumenthal But isn't it OK to destroy history if you don't like what it represents? Or is this another one of those things with two different standards?

Im taken aback here. A man who abolished slavery and got the blacks out of prejudice, out of hate, was torn down, while all this BLM shit goes on? This is ass backward. So now they wanna bite off the hand that feeds them. Dumb ass nigglets

MaxBlumenthal Trace them and you got yourself four racists to lock up.

Ugh. I am Canadian. US History was taught in grades 10 through 12/13. Frederick Douglass was an American hero. Seems to me, with this last sentence, I already know more about him than millions of Americans.

You idiotic left wingers commenting this post somehow missed all the statues of abolitionists and non controversial figures the mob has defaced. They even defiled a statue of Cervantes in San Francisco who himself was a slave.

The only way to be fair about the whole statue thing is take ALL of them down and never put up another for any reason whatsoever.

The nation has officially lost its mind

It’s disturbing to some that there are great individuals whose accomplishments set them apart from everyone else. This contradicts the previous ideal of the collective.

Is Trump gonna complain about this statue? I won't hold my breath 🤔

Need i say more?

Of all the recent statue lunacy, this takes some beating. I'm actually lost for words, which trust me, is unusual

This is what happens when you have a bunch of people indoctrinated by leftist echo chambers who don't even know what they're protesting against. To them, all statues = Confederate statues.

Same vibes

Good, I've heard he was related to slavery in some way.

Who cares it was boring anyway it didn’t even move and it’s eyes didn’t light up or anything... lame 😒

StopTopplingUniquelyProminentIndividualsDamnit

“Bring down these status....😡” “Just not that one...” 🤔🤔 This is what happens when the “standard” is already there. We as a society, either tolerate all views, or no views at all. No middle ground. Sucks

An eye for an eye? We are already blind.

We can raise another.

Where is Trump's statement now and will his executive order lead to a swift and severe punishment if whoever did this will get caught or will there be a double standard because Trump & Co sees those who destroy monuments of actual great men like this as 'fine people'?

Someone burned his house down there too.

Liberals are ignorant

Sounds like someone wants a war because Frederick Douglass didn’t harm or enslave anyone that I’ve heard of.

“Given that nurturing environment, and given his own background of years of inflaming racial division, that Trump would embrace the history of the Confederacy is hardly a surprise. Racism is his warm, fuzzy blanket. It’s what makes him feel at home,” said Josh Schwerin.”

Now where are the others? To prevent damage local government would be wise to annouce racist momuments orderly removal if they are to be relocated in a museum

White fragility on display

I am so sick of this. The left is unbelievable.This is history we learn, left have no respect, who can’t see past their nose. worst of all they are hypocrites if you hate United States,please move somewhere else, leave the USA Trump2020

AN EYE FOR EYE !

We all know white people did this

So we have gone from Confederate Generals, to Civil War heros, to black people...

Definetely some rednecks with a tow truck who think they’re on the right side of history, well we all know they’re fucking WRONG - Frederick Douglass was more American than they’ll ever be

Ya niggas got 24 hours to return it..

pretty sure you can't teach stupid! History still happened. No revenge on the MAGA side, in the words of Bill Clinton🇺🇸. look it up...he said it. ahhh, history! statues are works of art, ask the greeks and Roman's. Charles, you rock!

Proof that all the chaos causers have absolutely no idea what they are fighting for and haven’t a clue about American history...

So, these racist fools came out and destroyed the statue of a good man, Frederick Douglass over the loss of slave owning Confederate soldier statues? Men who long ago fought tooth and nail to keep slavery alive? These are the people you are defending? Weak ConfederateMonuments

So this was definitely white guys

I'm not surprised. I am surprised'they' didn't do it sooner.

That statue deserves to be up.statues celebrating racist ,war criminals,and traitors to OUR country need to be melted down or blown up which is easier?read your history my fellow Americans B4 u make a mistake in thinking of them as heroes

Dummies

Lmao apparently no statue is safe 🥵

Big history buff’s doing the rioting now

It got up and walked away

We’ll just put 10 more in its place✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

God is this really happening! 😢😢😢

We dont love stuates like other ppl do!!

It is amazing that people are trying to blame this on activists who have been speaking out against racism in this country. This was most likely the action of a white supremacist group in retaliation to the recent destruction of statues & monuments linked to slavery & colonialism.

hopefully helping to prove his point.

These are no activist... divisiveVandals

These guys won’t get “minimum 10 years” though watch.

how was this done without anyone seeing

LAW AND ORDER BITCH!!!!!!

*anarchists tear down Washington and Grant* Libs: yeah! fck them cause I'm going to impose modern morals on the past! *anarchists tear down Fredrick Douglas* Libs: Must be those trump supporters! Trump is behind it all. ....just wow. some special thonkin going on

And. Here. We. Go. Sad times...

Vandalism is vandalism. It is the weakling's submission to adolescent urges.

Awesome, serves those idiots right for taking down statues of Christopher Columbus George Washington Thomas Jefferson and others. Now take down the statues of the ugly freak they want to put in our $20 bills.

Bunch of lowlife people

I truly hope the statue can be restored! Things are just getting out of hand😡

I say we put up 100 more of them. Frederick Douglass was a BAMF.

Those doing this will do anything to destroy Donald Trump our vote. To the point where they will let cities burn children get shot in the head..shot while in the car with their mother. That is the evil that needs to be destroyed..it’s called the Democrats vile and violent!

realDonaldTrump how many years did you vandalizing statues was again? We need ya to tell it to your white supremacy people.

GerberKawasaki More evidence that white supremacists are committing acts of vandalism & violence while trying to get them blamed on Antifa.

The statues glorifying slave owners and murderers of millions of native Americans should be exposed for what they are. They have always been an attempt to whitewash the carnage perpetrated by those who saw no value in any life unless it was a white life.

Democrats ripping out their own past. How ironic.

Boogaloos on the loose again?

can't wait to find out the culprits. Suspects: - Far Right Extremists/MAGA's - Antifa/BLM/Other Left Wing Activists (False Flag) - Anarchist Group looking to stoke racial tensions.

He did say nice things about Lincoln.

Has realDonaldTrump called for the heads of the thieves, yet? Didn't think so.

Someone's gonna blame this on white supremacists is 3... 2... 1 ..

AliAdair22 Republicans be like “IF YOU REFUSE TO CELEBRATE SLAVE OWNERS, YOU CAN’T CELEBRATE ANYONE!!”

This is just insane. Absolute proof that this isn't about slavery.

Good thing we don’t have slaves anymore and everyone out there being a twat was born NOT a slave

You morons, he was ANTI-slavery.

Where is Trump’s outrage?!?

Trump said he will give 10 years prison term for anyone who pulls down any Monuments. So where is he now?

White losers= How dare those uppity blacks demand same rights I have! How dare they be angry I want to keep glorifying people who fought to, or did, enslave them? How dare they want to erase wrongs that I already know can never be erased? I'll show them the kind of person I am!

Not surprised at the number of knocks to DJT nor the sudden care about destruction of historic monuments. The left is only tolerant of wrong when it is committing the wrong. Reality check, destroying ANY public or private property is wrong and should be penalized.

Well I hope they do find who did this.

Where's your outcry over this realDonaldTrump Figures...silence...

We already have over 18K supporters! All students at UT Austin ask is that the university officially addresses their ties to historical racism and makes changes if willing. If you think it's time for change, stand with us. Let's IgniteChange🔥

It was ONLY a Matter Of TIME before the CIA (Chinese Intelligence Service) would START “THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION OF 2020”......!!

how.... convenient.

If they’re not going to learn history, they shouldn’t be tearing status down. Leave it to the pros.

Stupidity is ineffective, but it is contagious

i see you you see this I ANDREW L JACKSON AS A DEFENDER OF THE CONSTITUTION AND A VET WITH A OATH DO HEAR BY MAKE A CITIZENS ARREST OF DONALD J TRUMP ON THE CHARGE OF TREASON AND DERELETION OF DUTY IT IS THE LAW AND ONE OF MANY RIGHTS

Fck it. We know who Frederick Douglas is and what hood he has done. If they wanna go tit fortat Then ALLL statues must come down.

politically motivated by GOPReignOfTerror Resist RemoveTrumpNow

Retaliatory?

And this people is the reason why realDonaldTrump is gonna get re elected , this statue destroyers , BLM and rioters have nothing to do with racism they are Marxists attacking the United States

Where are the GOP to condemn this?

the far-left fascists of antifa chaz will stop at nothing!

Not all black lives matter.

I’d love to see the left defend this one 🤡

$10 bucks says we find out later that white nationalists did this to make it look like the protesters were going crazy and not knowing what they were doing. I’m not buying it. No sale. Next please. 😐😒

Despicable

Did the white supremacists take the statue of Malcolm X too?

Frederick Douglass, nor his words, will ever be erased.

I'm expecting the Trump followers to attack African American monuments as a response. It's going to get worse

People don’t care about ridding the country of memories of its shameful past. They just want to commit vandalism.

Never seen such retardation from people this stupid. He was a BLACK abolitionist and they tore it down.

MLK laughed as he watched a woman get raped. Look hard enough and you can find shit on anyone. I don't have a problem with this at all when scrubs tearing down statues of Grant.

This is worse than spray painting it. Get them Crackers that did this shit!!!

Liberals are so stupid

What better way to educate people about this speech than to destroy a statue. Nice self own.

Was he being racist or was he questioning the Idea that July 4th wasn’t for everyone?

For meaningful conversations about racism, we must identify the source of their anger. This will cause the ignorant to research Frederick Douglass & learn about his place in history. Controlling class wants you to feel. Good Americans want you to think. ChallengeYourConditioning

The BLM terrorist probably thought it was George Washington.

This isn't a political matter they've made it personal with millions of whites, what do you expect is going to happen?

The shoe is on the other foot now.

Everyone with any common sense knows that is in retaliation for removal of confederate statues

It's fucking ridiculous, yeah because ripping down statues is going to change the future isn't it. Wake up.

Wtf?!? You know that saying ‘going to hell in a hand basket’? We’re there, folks. I foresee (sadly) a new Civil War.

WHO WAS IT LAST TIME? Sure hope your investigation revealed that, or you might be doing a great disservice to your readers.

Forgive them for they know no better.

Proud of my Rochester boys and girls

yeah surely right-wing vandalism. BLM in Rochester would never do crazy things...

Lol. These geniuses dont know history. They know looting pretty good though

Enjoy your 10 yrs racist punks.

Sounds like something some very fine people would do.

WTF?

Who was arrested this time?

How much you wanna bet Trump won't even mention THIS statue being torn down.

Well what do you know, I guess they don't really care about preserving history 🙄

andrewcuomo this needs to get fixed immediately. Every day this statue stays down it’ll be perceived as a victory for the terrorists that did this. This cannot be the message being endorsed in New York. Please do something about this!!!

I have an idea. Let's ban ALL statues. Racists don't seem to be able to handle their existence. After the statues are gone we can concentrate on getting rid of the racists. And then we can have statues again. One step at a time. Simple, really.

I wonder what they disagreed with Frederick Douglas about. If anything, that would at least be an argument for an action of protest. If for no clear reasons then IDK what's really happening with this action.

We need to defund and reimagine education in this country! It’s obvious we are in the dumbest time in American history.

America. This is childish, and leads to violence. So disappointed in my fellow Americans. DREAM a better place to live.

The racists strike back. What a bunch of pitifully ignorant people, fighting against basic human rights & long overdue change. They have also been abused, by those who raised them to have beliefs that require sustained hatred.

We are learning more about him every day.

...What do people expect? People have been tearing down statues and monuments like mad for the past month, not at all surprising someone or a group would take down this one too, regardless of who he was. Hell, 'protestors' went after statues of Thomas Jefferson already.

Well that ended racism...

Interesting. Maga people general don’t destroy things. Think Grant statue. I would be shocked if the maga did this.

I guess BLM is just attacking every statue they can get to.

Meljanx What a joke. Doiglass is one of the greatest American Speechwriters and authors of all time. His work was powerful. and to see this just proves most of the violence and outrage is just aimless.

Who cares

How did no one see or hear this?

FD was a man who escaped slavery and became a Republican. Today's left would call him an 'Uncle Tom'.

This is going to far. We shouldn't tear down every single thing

Will yall just admit these left wing dumbshits probably didn’t actually know anything about Frederick Douglass? Trump is putting a statue of FD in the statue garden, but his supporters *must* have done this! Y’all tore down an elk statue, for Gods sake

Where’s realDonaldTrump’s outrage He threatens 10 years of jail for any statue being vandalized of past slave traders, owners, or ppl who backed the confederacy. Now a statue of a black man gets vandalized and it’s crickets from the president.

BrandiKruse This says all you need to know about the ignorance of most of these “protestors”. The important message of injustice has been overshadowed and destroyed by these morons.

JJashtray abbyinsm

HistoryHeroes Here we go.

I suspect it was a leftist that did this to create racial division. Most people are stupid and want to knee-jerk react with emotion rather than look for the people pulling the strings behind the scenes. A very Soviet Union feel to this.

One among many vandalized. Democrat cities have become $hitholes.

Y’all fr ?

Hmmm. I wonder if they will be charged with a hate crime for this?

I guess this is supposed to shock us, right? White people have done and are doing far worse since we were dragged to this racist nation in the bottom of ships!

Bet Trump says absolutely nothing about this one, but any confederate statues come down it's 'law and order, 10 years in prison!!'

Will they face 10 yrs

For a second I thought it was a vandal’s finger found with the statue and thought, well this’ll be an easy collar. Just look for the 9 fingered man.

this has become a straight up tantrum

Make this right!

Antifa anarchists are ignorant of history. They just want to tear down society and destroy it. Nothing else matters. It's not about racial equality.

Racists did this ...

All of the statues should have remained , it shows our history; the good, the bad, the ugly . The history about the statues should’ve changed. Not removing them. So if the white ones come down . The black ones will too. 🤷🏻‍♀️ oh well

All Americans need to read that WhatToASlaveIsTheFourthOhJuly again. Or for the first time. FrederickDouglass

Frederick Douglass is nothing like the confederate statues, he inspired hope and positivity. The other ones inspired murder and rape.

General rule in history, the more u swing the pendulum to one side the more it's going to fall in the other side

Omg , for shame

Take this opportunity to read the autobiographies of Douglass, or Prophet of Freedom.

ArtDecider this is a Not, right?

i have no words this is crazy

ab·o·li·tion·ist /ˌabəˈliSHənəst/ noun a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery. 'the abolitionist movement' This is the work of the idiot trolls. I highly doubt this has anything do with BLM.

Not about race, this is a fight about the future of our Democratic Republic ver Socialism/Marxism plain and simple. YES there is work we need to do but make no mistake this push is cloaked in the distraction of racism

the statue wars have begun

Where was Jussie Smollet and Bubba Wallace last night

🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝did it. 🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻

IDIOTS!!!

This is clearly MAGA retaliation.

I love how people are blaming the MAGAts when statues of Grant were being torn down just last week too. As much as I'd love to blame the right as a knee jerk reaction it may not be their fault.

BLM (marxist commies) are horrible critters

Is realDonaldTrump going to tweet out about this and post pictures and condemn this act?! 🤔

....Right wing idiots exacting some perverse 'revenge'...

What if we just don't waste any more money on statues of anyone. Fuck sake yall.

2020: NYT decries, Mount Rushmore and liberals call for it to be taken down. Bunch of Losers!

AllStatuesMatter

Very logical to remove that racist... Oh wait!!! 🙄🤦🏽‍♀️

More communists trying to erase American history

More proof riots from MARXIST BLM with ANTIFA is not about racism in USA..it is purely about fulfilling their ally Iran's wish of Erasing USA off the history books and the world and make USA a Marxist country

Am I surprise. HELL NAAA. Y should anyone b surprised!

After Jussie Smollet was seen lurking in the area

Is there a video of anybody doing this? Theres a video of protesters knocking down others but not this one? Something fishy once again...!

Since he is long dead, I don't think Mr. Douglass really cares.

Statues are hero worship and a waste of money. Nobody deserves a statue. We are all human. Our deeds should be our immortality, not some ode to demagogues.

realDonaldTrump get to work on that promise of ten years in jail

This is how you treat a statue of Frederick Douglass

Notice the cowards didn't video the removal of FredrickDouglas

And 160 years later Civil War II started with the tearing down of statues.

So we tear down the good guys cause we’re mad the bad guys are torn down?

I am for getting rid of all slaves owner and confederate statues.Lets just make sure that's the statues ur tearing down.This guy wanted to get rid of slavery.

Now we have the opportunity to show which statues are to be honored and why. Return it. Repair it. Revere it! Do it publicly with pomp and fanfare. Teachable moment.

Produced by the leadership of the white nationalist NAZI president tRUMPf supported by Mitch McCOnnell and Trump’s GOP.

Ok cool so they will be getting those 10years of jail time Trump bragged about right

No. Not Frederick Douglas. He's one of the good guys.

All in the name of no justice no peace. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

😤

MichaelRapaport What the hell is happening? I’m all for civil war leaders coming down, but this is out of control.

We still got the speech, though: What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

Well, they are who we thought they were.

texyellowdogdem This was coming mayors should have prepared. Evil attacking the GOOD freedom fighters. NOW mayors and cities counsel men, do your jobs so the people don't have to. GeorgeFloydProtest Trump have intelligence on white supremacist plans, like Putin bounty he's ignoring It. TCOT

Guarantee whoever messed wit the statue, did so at night in the dark vs broad daylight. Because they are cowards just like the kkk

So now the racists are ripping up statues? This countries gonna look stupid w/ nothing but empty pedestals littering all our parks! Guess what? There was STILL slavery, the Indians were still slaughtered (I’m aware I said Indians, I’m fucking old) & nothing can change it!

I can assure you black people give ZERO fucks about that statue! we have the knowledge!

This is bullsh** and makes me pissed

This is abhorent, an act of blatant racism by some sad sack rednecks. Residents of Rochester and its suburbs should be outraged by this desecration. As a person raised in Fairport, NY I am disgusted, ashamed and weeping.

Well we see what side they are on.......

We all know statue desecration over the last several wks was not limited to Confederate statues, as it began to spread to ANYTHING, including ppl like George Washington who was long dead by then. Someone apparently didn't like the 'kill Whitey' message spray-painted on them.

No one or group is taking credit for this? 'Who' tore down the statue? BLM, ANTIFA, a group of drunk, Marxist teenagers...?

Statues on public property should only be removed after citizens vote for that outcome. All other vandals trying to take them down should go to jail. Let the people decide. You like/hate a statue? You'll need to win hearts and minds to support your cause.

East high class of 87 here. In this case its not their fault the RochesterNY school system is garbage. The very reason I understand the rage going on is because I grew up in it

Great job indoctrinating people into Marxism & CulturalRevolution libs! 👏 EnemyOfThePeople

Communist don't care about anything except distroy america

When they get the people responsible and find out they were not MAGA people what will you say then

Guess only confederate statues are sacred history.

ShaneClaiborne I see a lot of people blaming BLM protesters and others blaming MAGA people. Nobody knows who did it.

To the slaves it was the beginning of their freedom in a sense. If we did not gain our independence from Britain, how much longer would slaves be used in the US and much of the world?

It doesn't make sense. Is this really an anti-discrimination movement? I wonder if it is changing into just a class-struggle between the rich and the poor (not only financially but also socially) in the US.

Protests tear down statues of purveyors of genocide and slavery, in response a statue is torn down of one of the primary leaders in anti slavery, it seems the views of each side are pretty clear

See. BLM is a lie, just a cover for Domestic Terrorism.

Didn’t Trump say he would arrest Anyone destroying our statues!! The difference is, Black people don’t give AF about a statue!!! We want Justice Not JUSTus

If schools in poor communities were given budgets to have field trips still, kids would grow up knowing who the statue was and why it was there. And it would have survived. Also, Antifa is too much like isis

There have to be witnesses somewhere out there, no?

I honestly don’t care about statues. So not hurting me a bit. Carry on.

Frederick Douglass is an American hero, a man who saw clearly the truth about racism in America in the 1800s and who spoke and acted as an abolitionist to end slavery. The vandalism of his statue shows us just how far we still have to go. BlackLivesMatter

My guess is it was tore down by the idiots who are tearing down the others.

WHAT THE FUCK

BlackLivesMattters are literally too stupid to google a statue before they destroy it!

Oh no, Not Frederick Douglass. Sad and disappointing! What’s next, MLK statues? 😢 Some people are just awful. This is clearly retaliation for confederate statues.

Well I guess Rochester is pro slavery the North!

Stupidity begats more stupidity. As indicated on my timeline, I'm not in favor of ANY destruction of public or private property. That said, this specific incident is sending a message. The message is that if you tear down our monuments we will tear down yours. Utter Stupidity!!

Was he super racist?

It wasn’t BIG enough anyway.

Because?

This is an awful crime. I hope they find the culprits who did this and prosecute them

See? This is what all this statue toppling is going to lead to. One of ours. Mezikenyc

Lmak maybe if we could j leave history alone all would be well or sommthin. I’m thinking tearing down statues no matter what the deal is u just shouldn’t fucking do it. It’s history people your kids still gonna have to learn about it. We need to start looking forward.

I guess they proved everyone’s point that was pulling down the other statues .... racism is real lol

Frederick Douglass freed a second time...FrederickDouglass

This is not BLM. This is the work of white supremacist scum…

fuck whoever did this, they need 10 years

Some stupid white boys are now eligible for 10 years prison. Course no one is looking for them.

WTF?

Please tell me we're not surprised.

Is Trump going to find who did it and sentence them to ten years in prison? Probably not, because TrumpIsARacist .

Wow. I'm sure the heat is on now.

Ok so are *these folks going to get a minimum of ten years in prison realDonaldTrump?

this had to be done by a reich right wing trump loving RACIST

Early stages of Civil War. Trump has egged it on.

Ignorance and hatred. This is going to get a lot worse.

It's worth noting that the way you get revenge for tearing down confederate statues isn't putting up yet more statues to undo the history erasing, but to tear down abolitionist statues instead. Sort of like we all agree what the first statues stand for.

Wake up AMERICA! These supporters ripped down a state of a slave, an abolitionist. This IS NOT ABOUT BLM. This is ALL about ERASING AMERICA and beginning a Socialist/Communist Nation. Trump2020NowMoreThanEver

This is the result of an under-educated youth. FD also supported women and the suffrage movement. He was the first black VP Candidate...running w/a female. FD was to be admired, not dismissed. I'm in utter shock. Education is the path to freedom. BLM FredrickDouglas MAGA2020

Oh nooo what are black people going to do they took down a statue... yeah.. they don't care In fact let's play a game of taking down every statue and see who cares more. Black people know there are history books that they can read and most magas can't read anyway.

Oh y'all want to fucking play? Bet

He deserves a much larger statue in Rochester, with a neo-Nazi proof giant pedestal.

shaunking 😢

So are Antifa mad that slavery was abolished?

It's not just Chump who created hate, racism, and division. That's been the way of racist people, and tearing down a statue of a person who stood against that type of thinking just proves. People will do anything to keep racism going! Why do racists hold on to that so tight?

Of course it was! smh

Wait til statues of white blue eyed Jesus everywhere are torn down.......it can’t get any worse than that

White supremacy not going wo a last gasp clearly. douglass

So you mean to tell me that a 7-foot tall, 1,700lb statue was just hoisted away, dragged a few blocks and nobody saw or said anything... yeah totally believable. 🙄🙄

🤬

Hey TheJusticeDept realDonaldTrump You are prosecuting these people correct? Oh, that’s right, this statue is of a Black man, who you thought was still alive. We’ll wait.

I wonder if BunkerBoy will get upset over this statue being torn down

The irony is that that weird little Sculpture Garden The Great Divider proposed would include Douglass.

I bet the Police never find this Rs for Trump 10yr term!!!

Im not suprised. The hate groups and trump supporters are upset that states are getting rid of the confederate flag and taking down statues of slave owners and traitors. To them its pay back.

Same types defaced the Lincoln Memorial.

People saying Trump did this? Wtf

Trump should fund the rebuilding of each statue illegally torn down by cutting liberal funds and rebuild each 1 2x as large.

Cancel Culture needs to own this one.

Democrats kept him in chains and to this day still have an issue with entire races of people based on their skin color. Democrats created the KKK and now you see Antifa continuing that work for them...

Repair and put it back. Immediately.

Day 104 Either the Far Right or Far Left acting crazy. 2020 just past halfway point and both major political conventions coming up Wonder if they defunded Rochester police

Proof that these protestors dont understand history.

I have a guess as to who did it and all the letters are K

All this rioting and protesting is doing nothing but increasing the racial divide. It is not bringing people together it’s driving us further apart.

Somehow I think Trump will be suspiciously quiet about the Frederick Douglass statue being ripped out

notice they did it under the cover of night

All the statues must come down so say the socialist /communist movement in play it’s not the first time in communist history that the statues and religions are destroyed

They not gone show they face or a video it because they cowards and that’s what cowards do they hide behind hoods and they racism

Now liberals will start caring about statues lol.

Wtf 😡😡😡😡 I hope they nail these assholes

This is the result of children who were raised without consequences for their behavior. This is the result of children being raised where everyone gets a trophy for nothing. This is the result of history not being taught in school

It's either pure hatred or absolute ignorance behind this monument's destruction...😔

Can’t wait until they find out who did this

Well on a positive note the vandals will be caught soon. Racist are stupid and stupid people tend to brag about how clever they think they’ve been.

Love it. Hope every statue that salutes these slave owners gets the treatment it deserves.

I don’t care who did this. It is awful. We have to stop this. Douglass? What is wrong with people. Hope they find and arrest the people.

Maybe they were just removing it to move it the garden of heroes.

He was probably a racist, so it's fine

Also, funny thing is Frederick Douglass was a supporter of the 3/5 compromise.

This is terrorism. They don't care about racism. It's about destruction, stupidity and hatred for America.

realDonaldTrump do your thing, arrest the person that destroyed a historical monument.

broo what

Statues do not erase or make history. We don’t need the statue to know the history of Douglass

Something like this isnt done and no one knows about it. They just arent doing anything about it.

So most likely a white Supremacists

So when does it stop?

kinsellawarren America is out of control crazy dangerous

So will they actually try and look for the racist and lock him up 10 years like the president said. if you tear down monument and statues you will get locked up for 10 years.

Looks like an eye for an eye. Lefties gonna be upset today 🤣🤣🤣 they not gonna like it at all

Ok realDonaldTrump bring that full force of your Excutive Order down on THESE culprits, or does that only apply to “white” statues/monuments?

Time for a better statue!

😠

allstatuesmatter

Lol I love how people coming for maga crowd when just last week maga was praising Douglass because BLM people wanted to take down a lincoln statue that frederick Douglass endorsed.

Where is Trump and his bounties for those who harm statues Oh yeah that was only for Confederate statues, not all statues.

Torn down by people who have just discovered history and have no respect for the right side of the law. It seems that is the battle of the statues right now.

Martin Luther King hopefully is next!!!! To be destroyed....

realDonaldTrump this is still 10 years in jail is it not?

DEMOCRATS STAY FOCUSED. donny has nothing

Welp. Its down now. Use the area for a garden or something useful. I honestly dont care who tore it down. A piece of metal shouldnt be a teacher. People should learn to read. Something the president cant do. Thats why we are in this mess now.

All of the problems happening and somehow we ended up in a statue war🤔

Good job, idiots.

Left eats their own

Stupid Antifa really needs a history lesson 😂👍 No doubt some triggered Democrat did this it's their style.....

If BlackLivesMatter so much then why are they shooting and killing each other in double and triple digits every single weekend? MAGA

LeftSentThis chile..

I must have slept through the vote when we put angry and pasty purple-haired teens with weird facial piercings and tattoos in charge of everything.

BLM tears down statues publicly. This was done in the middle of the night. This wasn’t BLM.

'Frederick Douglass is an example of somebody who’s done an amazing job and is getting recognized more and more, I notice.' - Donald Trump, speaking of Frederick Douglass, who he clearly thought was alive

Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my statue

White supremacists triggered by actual heroes when their fake heroes get torn down.

This cowards do everything in the dark.

For the Lord's Sakes STOP the Insainity !!!!!

species_x Stupid liberals are eating their own.... They have no heros except money and power.

Talk that talk, walk that walk. I want Trump to lockup those responsible allstatuesmatter

so many people are going to think the people that took down the confederate statues took this one down too 😂

Ha. I heard Douglas was fond of jay-walking. That statue needed to go! If anybody did even 1 thing unseemly, they need to be erased from history. Cheers to hoping your great grandma was a nun.

The forces of tension are really pulling the strings for Civil War 2.0. Be better than that America. Most of our differences are much fewer than we are led to believe!

Race wars are going to start because of statues, during a pandemic....fuck 2020

Just goes to show you how juvenile these people are

The ignorance is mind blowing. Our education system sucks

Ideas have consequences. The anarchists know what they are doing. But, how about us?

Trumpers always hated anything symbolising tolerance and equality.

This is getting out of hand. Frederick Douglass, really?

So you can’t tear this statue down but you can tear other statues down? Is there a word to describe racism for statues? It seems a bit hypocritical

I hate everybody rn.

SethAbramson MAGAt white-supremacist backlash?

Wackos

SethAbramson Why?!

And still, potus realDonaldTrump CONmander-in-Chief Is STILL POTUS? (FOCUS, America..... “keep your eyes on the prize”)

Either very stupid leftists or tit for tat.

GuilmartB No matter who tore it down it only helps trump. Hard left purists are no better than the alt right.

heraclitean11 The left always eats their own

Betterw05759703 Finger damage probably came from the statue flipin' off the perps...

SethAbramson He’s going to be really upset when he finds out.

instead of attacking statues why don't we just correct the main problem at hand the starches are not the problem the people alive right now are the problem their mentality is the problem

WajahatAli Same people who do this

SethAbramson Will Trump decry this ? Will he blame it on the*radical left* ?

Liberals have already brought down anti-slavery figures so why would I believe that it was MAGA? I'd like to see proof. Republicans are proud of its roots of stopping slavery and Fredrick Douglas is praised by the conservative right.

😢😢😢😢😢

So much ignorance, this really needs to stop.

...which finger?

Liberals don’t read history, they destroy it. Probably didn’t know who Frederick Douglass was

MAGA hard at work

Interesting. I forgot there was even a statue here.

No No No 🔶 statue destroyed because of his speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” in, ironically, the city of Rochester, in which he denounced enslavement of Blacks & ❌rejected the US 4th of July celebration❌

🔶 statue destroyed on the anniversary of prominent civil activist & abolitionist leader’s delivery of his speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” in, ironically, the city of Rochester, in which he denounced enslavement of Blacks & rejected the US 4th of July celebration

All the libs in the comments are very sure this has something to do with MAGA. This leads me to believe MAGA had nothing to do with this.

...and we’re back America is great again!

That saddens me.

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so ghetto when i live near them

Antifa terrorists must have done this.

Ah yes the MAGA republican crowd, who has been all over the place tearing down statues, tore down a statue of a republican. You people are nuts

I don’t think we can blame it one on the BLM movement this time.

Probably involving the same group of people who vandalized Douglass's statue in 2018.

Reading the comments when did they confirm who did this? I see a lot of people blaming trump supporters? Weird can't see any proof of that, but antifa has been tearing down all statues for a month with no regard for what the statue was.

SethAbramson Given the educational level of the statue destroyers, they probably mistook Frederick Douglas for a slave owner.

Looks like a hate hoax.

Rioters finally run out of Democrat statues to destroy?

As of now no group has claimed responsibility. No video evidence has surfaced. No official charges have been filed. The only things we know are that it happened and that it happened before though not as bad. Last time it was 2 adult white male college students doing the deed. Hmm

These people have failed social studies.

How much is communist China paying you?

Yawn

It wasn't BLM

BretBaier Just doesnt make any sense at all

MichaelRapaport right wingers trying to settle the score, those assholes

I guess that's what happens when society validates the mob.

Tit for tat?

Why

And this proves that there is no “cause”, it is strictly violence and vandalism now. The actual protest has been replaced with anarchy.

When people get tired of the demands... and respond.

MichaelRapaport America has no decency left

Sounds like Russians THis krewe was just busted for numerous hate crimes and let go.

The communist crowd at it again.

SethAbramson For every statue of a bad guy that’s removed, the “other side” will see to it that a good guy statue is removed too.

Central New York has a lot of poor, uneducated, angry, racist white people.

Nothing Sacred!

Smh come on Rochester

I’m going to say that it probably was not anti-racism protestors who did this.

Some may think removing a statue of Douglas reduces him. As a man of great deeds his statue was small compared to his footprint. By comparison confederate statues are large compared to their footprints upon this nation.

Trump supporters did this

drawandstrike I have yet to see this said, so I will. Not one statue torn down was about racism. It's about destroying America, our history good and bad, our culture, our beliefs, and trying to demoralize the people. It's having the opposite effect, but believe what you want. You will see.

No reason for this at all. Not one fragment of rationality in doing this

So the WHITE SUPREMACISTS ARE DESTROYING STATUES They are THE MOB TRUMP was talking about. TRUMP IS A WHITE SUPREMACIST What will he say about THEIR destructive behaviour

SethAbramson The 13th 14th & 15th Amendments were suppose to be for all people. Frederick Douglass threw women under the bus b/c he was afraid the States wouldn’t ratify if Amendments included women. Women remained owned by fathers... We r still not equal under the Constitution 28th ERANow

Mama4Obama1

They found a finger with the statue? Seriously. You’re supposed to set the standard, AP.

The James Earl Jones reading of that speech is very good. But the Kapernick video is awful. It’s best to listen to it without other people’s videos and agendas.

SethAbramson Despicable racist imbeciles. Deplorable.

Maybe we should stop tearing down statues. Maybe we should stop listening to the extremists on both the left and right. Most of us want the same things. Let's just take a breath and listen to each other.

BretBaier Do you think these Marxist care who the statue stands for? They hate America and want to erase our history and loyalty to country!! By the way 8 people were shot last night and two police attacked!

SethAbramson Backlash from the racists... sad

Guessing people on this thread fail to realize BLM destroyed statues of Hans Christian Heg and Matthias Baldwin too.....but yeah the result of horrible education here is Trump’s fault.

SethAbramson I guess Trumpites rip out statues too.

WajahatAli AMERICA!!!! What the f***!?

It's not about the statue. It's about the system. The thinking. The oppression. I hate that poor people are poor while rich people get millions in government subsidies.

SethAbramson Good

Maybe in addition to police reforms we as a country can outgrow our “great man” fetish. We can honor people and history without erecting totems

Pretty sure Trump and his GOP won't notice this

Tit for tat

Remember what Lumpy had to say about Frederick Douglass🤣

WajahatAli counter-iconoclasm?

WajahatAli

Would be great to know who did it...

Insane mobs

SethAbramson 😢😢😢

It's not about race, its about violent marxism

SethAbramson Any idea who did it?

Katreise_1971 WTF! Frederick Douglass was a Republican, not a racist; he did not terrorize/injure/kill people! He believed in the Ideals of the Constitution & supported rights for Women! Frederick Douglass wanted Black folk to have the same rights, opportunities & respect as White people!

I live in Rochester I wish I would have seen this happen, white or black whoever did it would of got whooped.

I’m so sad about Frederick Douglas Statue. Don’t think that was done by legit protesters.

SethAbramson Guess you people are not done yet.

Is there no video of this? Wonder why?

Anyone who thinks these “protestors” are tearing down statues because of social justice ideals is being fed a bunch of crap. These are uneducated bored kids who will destroy anything they are allowed to for fun and social media attention.

See... you CANNOT tell me that black protestors are devastating churches, damaging statues of Lincoln, Grant, and Douglass! THERE ARE STILL instigators trying to STOP a great movement to remove the hateful Confederacy symbols. DO NOT BE FOOLED!

The socialist did it. Bernie’s fans. They are ones still marching in Philly. So stupid

Democrats will never give up their destructive self.

......and the fight begins

Right wingers

SethAbramson I was thinking, the vandalism of this statue is tearing down a freedom fighter and a statesman. And then I realized that's what pro Confederates think of their statues. I think the earlier MLK quote said it best. Soon we'll all be blind.

Now this was an act of terrorism.

Right-wing revenge?

Equality's a bitch

BretBaier So do people still think this is about race? Or the destruction of our cultural heroes?

It’s about to go down

SethAbramson Gotta get those statues in a museum, the cold civil war will tolerate nothing but tit for tat... Replace them with giant solar umbrellas for the coolness of the shade provided, the kids will appreciate them far more as the future and its problems press on them...

WajahatAli We all know it was the MAGA supporters, obeying their dear leader Trump

DavidCayJ What might you know about this? As I, on more than one occasion, lived in Rochester, worked in Rochester and attended school in Rochester, any news about the city always gives piques my interest. (living just south of the city where relatives live)

This is what happens when everyone acts like assholes. Let the local governments move the damn statues.

SethAbramson Trump probably ordered it!Frederick Douglass? Why would anyone want to tear down this remarkable man's statue? Did he not get beat enough as a slave or was his mother not raped enough as a slave! Or maybe his grandma's shack in the woods was not dilapidated enough? He's a hero!

Once again the anarchists proving that they are the arm of the Democrat klu Klux Klan party

Upstate New York. A tradition of intolerance dating back to at least when I lived there. And that’s been a while.

Democrats suck!

Ok. Time to go scorched earth. No symbol of 'southern pride' is to be left in 1 piece...NONE!

SethAbramson Trump's paid secret police strike again. William Barr probably gave the order.

realDonaldTrump look! A statue got torn down. Have a Twitter meltdown over this one, too.

SethAbramson Rubberbandits couldn’t help but think of you with your recent podcast on iconoclasm and you having taught me about Frederick Douglass speaking in Ireland.

Some stupid people out there!

even an abolitionist is not safe from today's social justice warriors

Wow

The media won’t report what left rioters did it bc it makes them all look dumb.

BLM has lost the narrative

Really I look forward to the investigation and apprehension of the culprits

SethAbramson It getting ugly folks.

Sigh. They just don’t get it. I will NEVER understand this hatred as long as I live. It’s simply unnatural, irrational, and evil to hate on this level.

Hot damn, they bought it!!!!

Looks like the gauntlets have been thrown down. Stay tuned.

We have pissed off kids who were denied their history, what do you expect?

What happened to our country?

Democrat cities are being destroyed by leftist mobs and the Demicrats controlling those cities cheer them on and then blame President Trump for the chaos the allow to take place. Local government must do their jobs. Democrats are failing every city they control.

So all of you “constitution defending magats” stop pointing fingers. Remember that people are innocent until proven guilty, no one group can be blamed for this or countless other statues because no one has been caught for it. Stop pointing fingers. No one knows who did it.

All statues matters. Send in the guard

MichaelRapaport A certain POTUS is remarkably quiet. The lack of outrage by realDonaldTrump is very unsurprising.

You won't see one tweet about this from the racist in chief.

Crazy Leftists at it again...sad to see...

Tragic --and they can never be the work of BLM as he is a hero of the movement...

Phil_Lewis_ Police did it

So weird they would do this when Frederick Douglas is an example of someone doing a great job and is being recognized more and more.

A former slave that self-educated himself. A brilliant Abolitionist who stood for America. Statue torn down...sick

MichaelRapaport

Why

So what? Probably the same mob mentality that has been destroying untold numbers of public statuary. Not terribly bright.

Idiots.

The Unfree press is responsible Yeah You

Expect more. This is what happens when there’s a free for all on Statues

Douglas was a republican, cancel him

BretBaier Fools have no idea about history

Wow, it's almost as if this isn't really about black American issues at all...

Trump mentioned Frederick Douglass in his monument speech the other day. I hope he plans on getting to the bottom of this.

The Facebook conspiracies are about to run rampant. FYI, ppl fighting for change are not going to tear down those types of statues. It was retaliation, plain and simple.

BretBaier Where are the police to put a stop to this madness

I’ll withhold ire until the perps are fleshed out. That monument couldn’t have been dragged 50’ w/o some oomph and witnesses. Someone somewhere will get cocky and post it on social pages.

What about **GEORGE WASHINGTON** CARVER the black scientist?

I guess they want another Confederate torn down

This is the SECOND time a statue of Frederick Douglass was damage in Rochester. One was damaged in 2018 by two white college students.

I thought all this crap was about police brutality...

Tit for tat. Let’s just hope police sit on their hands like they did for all the rest.

Keep it up America. My list of places I'll never visit and spend my money is getting longer. theworldiswatching

Speaking of slaves- the month of July is named after Julius Ceaser -he was in favor of slavery.

BretBaier Anyone who supports this nonsense is a communist and should be expelled. Try this in China or Russia and see how well you make out. Losers.

7im SHAMEFUL ‼️

lol

Idiots

Poorly raised white people who think taking down an individuals statue who did positive things who was respected by Abraham Lincoln is pretty bad if it's tit for tat

We live through his written words and life lessons not a monument! Congratulations to whoever thought that this would make a difference in anything! 😂😂

😡

TVMCCA WTF

The emerging rule: If a statue on public property honoring an historical figure offends one person or group, it cannot stand.

1cumgranosalis more press trying to create division. Why even bother to place in national new unless you are trying to divide the people into races. The press are responsible because they are irresponsible

Douglass was a Republican...

It takes no courage to say one is against slavery today. Douglass lived in a time when abolitionists might be lynched by mobs when they spoke of liberty in public. Many in today's mob activism wouldn't have been abolitionists in Douglass's time, they'd still be part of the mobs.

JimLaPorta Trump must implement his law and give these people 10 years!!! LockThemAllUp

Anyone still doubting the riots are about black lives? This is an all out assault on the history of America and nothing more. BLMTerrorists AntifaTerrorist fucktheprotesters

BretBaier What historical black figure is next? Harriet Tubman? They probably believe she was helping white supremacists bring slaves through the underground railroad...SMFH. Enough stupidity. Enough.

VickiJo54203063 The people who did this are pathetic.

I'm sitting here working on it, and...

Absolute proof the wheels have come off the education train

BretBaier Do these people know who he was?!?

Jussie Smolett apparently

Hey at least they didn't take down the bridge they made for him...

Trump has created so much hate and division that it is going to takes decades for us to recover...

Unacceptable!

BretBaier How ya like them apples Pricks

BretBaier Fredrick Douglas was a fighter for all American blacks. He had more faith in the character and ability of the American black people than most Democrats have for them today. His speech was harsh but motivational.

An eye for an eye eventually leaves everyone blind

All Lives Matter

AmoralFish

What the fuck

I hope the police find who did this and that they go to jail.

How sad.

I’ll bet Trump doesn’t replace it in his statue garden he wants to build.

BretBaier See how far these Marxists will go. Heard of Stalin? Polpot?

Anarchists have taken over the BLM “movement.” Here’s an example of how that doesn’t end well.

This is presumably why.

I hope the targets of the war are limited to statues, and not expanded to live people.

The problem with knee jerk reactions like tearing down all these statues is that it distracts from the more important issues. It’s sad that the extremes get the press and provide Trump with fuel for his followers. Smarter people need to step up and guide the protesters actions.

2020 is not a good year to be a statue!

Too bad it doesn’t have the effect they want because everyone knows his contribution on trying to make America a better place

BretBaier People are idiots.

It's just a hunk of metal. It's not as if taking the statue really does anything. It doesn't change how important Douglass is or the impact of his words. See how that works, racists?

These “protesting” morons don’t know what they’re destroying. They just want to destroy. The homo BLM and ANTIFA are mental.

BretBaier Socialismsucks

Imagine people being angry people removed the statue of a racist, slave trader, so they tore down a statue of an american that wanted tolerance for all. I'm so glad this is the season finale of America 2020.

Unbelievable. Truly Unbelievable.

Frederick Douglass also said this, SO YOU CAN GFY AP!

So the left wing mob tore done a bunch of other abolitionist and slave funded statues but we are to believe they know who Fredrick Douglas is or cares?

Jackals in a frenzy have no moral compass JusticeIsAFacade

They think if .realDonaldTrump mentioned them then they must bring them down. BLM/ANTIFA have lost it...

BretBaier The left had no idea what they want. Blm is an extremist group period. Once you start something it’s on . Whatever the consequences. Generations of fatherless children and the media that covers up the hell of the city.

BretBaier This has nothing to do with BLM. These are Bolsheviks, and must be stopped

BretBaier Proving once again that a) History is no longer taught in schools b) neither is Civics or US Government c) nor is respect, manners, or how to outgrow tantrums.

The funny thing is we will put up more statues of Frederick Douglass all over the country. But Robert E Lee will never again see the daylight. 😂😂😂

BretBaier

Idiots we can build it bigger and better

Makes sense..🙄

BretBaier Crocodile tears from those at the associated press!

A better education fixes everything and tearing down these statues How does it lift one child out of poverty one child out of a gang stop one community from Burning it self down

A letter he wrote

First, screw them. Second, you don't just drop an 'and a finger' without more details. That is either a sick fuck or poetic justice.

Oh cool so we're living through the opening credits of the 'Civil War II' movie.

I get it. Retaliation for white statues deaths lol

Is this retaliation for tossing that thieving, raping, diseased carrying Christopher Columbus statue into the waters off Brooklyn?

Cant erase how great he was by knocking down the statue. Problem is, they think by erecting their confederate statues they can erase that they lost the war. Bottom line is yall cant break us!!

The leftist tear down statues, then turnaround and blame Trump for it.....truly childlike

Ugh this sucks! What did he do to why people would be mad enough to tear his statue down. God wish people would find more productive shit to do like push police reform.

Clearly just ripping up any statue no matter who it is...

Racism is alive and well in 2020, thanks to white Marxist commie democrats and the governors/mayors who encourage the vandalism.

BretBaier

Probably leftist rioters that dont know history. Probably though with the name Frederick that he had to be a white guy.

A vote for puppet Biden is a vote for more of this bullshit

BretBaier Brilliant!

Look at all the critical thinkers on this thread.

Trump better keep that same energy he had defending the confederate statues.

NOOOO! This is awful!

MarkSZaidEsq in a few days we'll learn it was some white supremacist proud boys but instead of 10 years in prison trump will invite them to the white house.

JHC!

Once again the peaceful protesters that the media idolize and praise destroying property. Arent you so proud

Trump's wish of civil war.

so he probably won’t pitch this season

BLM thugs probably did it. They hate statues, period.

Liberalism is a mental disorder.

deff MAGA crowd

We need to stand up for this country and its history good and BBC ad, enough is enough.

U believe those who did it should be charged to the full extent of the law? Correct? Look forward to your response . Thx .

Now it begins-you tear down one of ours, we tear down one of yours. We're in a pandemic & all we can do is fight over statutes of the dead.

Thank you realDonaldTrump youre one for the history books 🤮

Can't say I'm surprised. This is why vandalism isn't the answer

Who ripped down the statue? And are you sure it was BLM, doesn’t sound right to me.

We’re going to show we’re not racist by tearing down a statue of an abolitionist to get back at you for tearing down our racist confederate statues!

Sad but afraid will be a vicious cycle..Too much energy and resources being spent to remove the statues when you can put that money back into the communities for education and affordable housing.

Will Twump say anything about this? Will he post a 'bounty' on these individual's heads? silence MAGAts: 'Tear down my Confederate statues will you? Then we will tear down statues of good people, winners!'

White fragility

There are busts of Frederick Douglass displayed throughout Rochester. This will be replaced. We aren't going anywhere

Frederick Douglass owned slaves?

It’s almost as if they hate America and BLM is a commie front for anarchy

The new proxy civil war continues apace, I see . . .

Guessing the MAGA crowd wanted some payback for folks tearing down their monuments to traitors and slavers.

Dumb

May All Symbols of Hate meet the same Fate EndRacism

Can we get these antifa BLM people a history book?

So under our new law that's 10 years. Find them now -lock them up. 10 years, no excuses. President's orders

You really think this is about Black Lives Matter? BLM is a Soros directed anti-American movement. These anarchists are not concerned with social justice, they want America to be removed, changed, and socialized.

realDonaldTrump Time to speak up and protect those beautiful statues that you've been talking about.

How about dear blacks people?!? This is the race war u wanted right. And I’m black. Don’t be angry when it happens to you

Kick their ass

Democrats

10 years in jail for those thugs and rioters for defacing public property.

So those responsible get 10 years, right RIGHT?

Wow, Frederick Douglas? A man who stood against oppression?!!

Petty babies

Dumb people doing REALLY dumb things.

unbelievable...fucking trumpers

Racists gonna racist

Communist Democrats tearing stuff up. What's new?

I as common people of this world Shame on WHO & all great country like America, India, Australia, All European countries, Brazil, Russia, Canada, Japan ...etc. who have not courage to punish China. Who killed millions people, makes jobless to billions people to spread COVID-19.

Bye. Thanks for the memories Douglass but it was time for u to go.

More proof that BLM is not about black lives, only destruction and chaos

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