Statues of Christopher Columbus vandalized amid controversy over the holiday

Statues of Christopher Columbus were vandalized amid continued calls to change the name of the federal holiday honoring the Italian explorer.

A sign that read"Stop celebrating genocide" was placed at the foot of the Columbus statue, located in the Elmwood neighborhood of Providence, ABC Providence affiliate WLNE reported. The statue was covered with red paint.In San Francisco, a Columbus statue near Coit Tower was also sprayed with red paint. Graffiti at the bottom read,"Destroy all monuments of genocide and kill all colonizers.

However, in recent years, indigenous people and others have rallied against the holiday, claiming Columbus enslaved and murdered many indigenous people. There is now a growing movement to reclaim the day in honor of indigenous people and their unique cultures and contributions. Other states are attempting to find a middle ground. Earlier this year, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Sitt signed legislation recognizing the day as both Native Americans Day and Columbus Day.

hypocrites

Cristóbal Colón was just an explorer that died decades before the conquest of the Americas. Screw you bastards!

Armunho Ya están atacando las estatuas de los genocidas británicos. Oh, wait

That’s antisemitic!!

These people need to receive stuff jail sentences if caught.

It's cool how the Pope encouraged Columbus Now he's socialist..

Just sitting here eating popcorn wondering why people like vandalism

Did people think these liberal thugs were going to stop with the Confederate Military Statues? These bastards are trying to destroy American history as we know it.

I think the perpetrator should have to pay $100 an hour to have the paint removed.

Maybe a statue of a mob of blacks beating an elderly white disabled person to death as part of a 'game' would be a better representation of America in 2019

Maybe Columbus was looking for a different sailing route to China and India because of the blood thirsty Mooslim pirates.

Happy Columbus Day!!!

The intolerant left at work. Stay classy lefties.

This unfortunate only came to our land to steal just like the conquerors. They brought bad habits,diseases,murdered and raped our indigenous and btw they stole their wealth.The ideal assumption of Columbus was to follow the same route of Marco Polo, and the rest we know!😡👎🏼💩

How do I know anything you say abc is true Trump derangement syndrome at its finest.

KimoForce I've always strongly disliked this holiday, and nice to finally see more people recognising why

Did CNN Do that ?

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LMMFAO

Thank God for Columbus. Without him, Europeans wouldn't have come, the US would NOT he what it is today.

Let’s do away with the holiday. I’m sure everyone will love giving up their day off to appease woke Twitter

Espball

In the 15 th century..🤪At least Give the man credit for changing and easing people's fear for traveling across the world!..is there and history heroes left you lefties havent attack now days? No wonder your kids are so unhappy and crying about dying🙄

I don't condone vandalism, but these statues should be removed.

Y’all know the indigenous people were already here killing each other, right? Like this wasn’t some peaceful society until the evil white man kicked the door in. Like they were slaughtering each other. Smallpox just killed them faster.

Yeah because Native Americans have never killed anyone...ever

So criminals vandalized private property. Why am I not surprised!

the slavery, wars since world war two recently they are a lot, the racism against black ppl... personally I may also talk about the only country trying autocracy may be by any means possible...

Yea! We need to destroy anything that can be hurtful to even just one person! That way we all live without getting our feelings hurt! No one should be subjected to things like HISTORY!! What kind of a world is this?! Bahahahaha I’m sorry I can’t even be serious saying this!! LOL

I'm good with exchanging a Columbus Day holiday with an election day holiday. No need to fight on that one.

Armunho 👍🏻 Stupid people

ABCisFAKENEWS

Are you sure you all didn't go out and paint thia yourselves juat to have a controversial article.... Perhaps it's from Kentucky also.... Way to validate why you are called FakeNews trash

Columbus Colon was. A visionary, not an Indian killer as the saxos!

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If it happened, why hide it? You can't deny history or change it. It is and then it was. People are so stupid these days. They only want to cherry pick the facts that seem bad in our society today, very ignorant. True wisdom comes when you realize you know nothing. So be humble.

FAKE NEWS! How do you live with your lies? You people are disgusting.

This is why Trump calls out 'FAKE NEWS'!

I wonder if after that fake news from the Syrian war video this is not some idiotic frame coming from some liberal kkkkkkkkkkk

Anarchy...

These people support us defending our borders and keeping illegals from overtaking the country, right?

Political Correctness at its worst!!!

The work of antifa nerds I’m sure

Happy Indignant People’s Day!

So much energy and MONEY wasted in ignorance. Don’t like Columbus because of what SOMEBODY ELSE told you?! Do some RESEARCH. LEARN about the man and THEN make an INFORMED decision. idiotsEVERYWHERE

Happy Columbus Day

This is a joke.

I guess they mistook him for Che Guevara?

HappyColumbusDay

Think they may have livened it up a little! Like the one dollar bill painting in batman when joker takes over art museum!

Can we stop pretending that the people who were here when Columbus landed didn’t murder, pillage and plunder from those that were here before them? It’s the way the world worked, especially back then.

Lol more crazy left behavior Happy Columbus day freaks!

impotent rage is the sweetest

Open up the asylums

Why are people racist against Italians and/or Spaniards?

Then you might as well protest the country of Mexico, and its entire history, since it was founded on genocide. ChristopherColumbus ColumbusDay columbusday2019

They did more with it than the others would have.

This is an attack on the Italian community In America. 🇺🇸🇮🇹

Happy Christopher Columbus Day everyone!

Do not change the name its history of the United States and how it became to be

Why would anyone believe you ? ABC probably did the damage or faked it. FakeNews

The can’t understand!!!

is Fake News and is part of the Coup, sedition, & Treason. ExposeABCNews ExposeABC ExposeCNN

Nothing better to cover?

Southpark is years ahead of reality, and spot on.

Are these actual images from today? This year? This country?

Today is a very special day for historical illiterates with daddy issues to vent their rage.

Are you sure that’s not footage from a Kentucky Gun Range show? 😂😂 youguysareidiots

More tolerant liberals in action here.

The left is trash and so is FakeNewsABC

🙄... A 40 year old project manager at my office actually believes he’s a serial rapist.

I think of Columbus Day as a way of celebrating the discovery of North America, not celebrating the Man who cruelly took the land from the Natives

I have no problem with this

Yes remove everything that shows things happened before 2019. Quick.

“Human sacrifice and cannibalism were ended, and the Indians were almost all converted to Christianity.”

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