Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan ordered the removal of a Christopher Columbus bust, previously located near the City Hall building, around the same time. The city placed it in storage, as the summer's demonstrations prompted a nationwide push for officials to retire statues and symbols linked to slavery, racism and colonization. Columbus statues were removed in a number of other U.S. cities.
A statue of Alexander Macomb, an army general, is pictured in downtown Detroit, Michigan, in 2016. Police have not yet identified individuals who spray-painted"Slave Owner Land Thief" onto the statue's base on Saturday night.
, referencing his decision to remove Detroit's Columbus bust."We should have a conversation as a community as to what is an appropriate place for such a statue."reached out to Duggan's office for more information about the future of Detroit's Macomb statue but did not receive a reply in time for publication.
Emily Czachor And Newsweek. How about adding some actual history about Macomb? Like how he used ~1500 US soldiers to defeat 10,000 British troops? This is story is a hit piece. Slanted, and biased.
newsweak slaveOwner 😂😂😂
Adding a little historical context?
There's no good deed that makes up for being a slave owner.
KamalaHarris family owned slaves. Someone needs to spray paint that on her face.
'Slave owner' was spray-painted by radical far left democrats on an Alexander Macomb monument in Detroit's historic district. SHAME ON YOU !!
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