College Republicans Table-Flipping Professor Identified and Reported
WATCH: Highlights from Wednesday's Nintendo Direct Showcasing the Switch 2
Charlamagne tha Clod: Radio Host Defends Jasmine Crockett Making Fun of Texas Gov’s...
Georgia Dems Stage Walkout Because They Want Taxpayers to Cover Sex Changes for...
Frank Luntz is Flipping His Wig Over Dem Cory Booker’s 25-Hour ‘History Changing’...
Targeted Tesla Owner Seeks Whopping $1 Million in Lawsuit Against Man Who Allegedly...
Skin Over Skills: Jasmine Crockett Landed a Public Defender Job by Pushing that...
Sen. Cory Booker Explains His Training Regimen to Avoid Bathroom Breaks
WATCH: John Boyega Trashes Star Wars Fans
NPR Interviews ‘Fascism Expert’ Fleeing to Canada Over Trump and DEI
Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore Legal Aid to Migrant ‘Children’
CNN Scare Quotes: Elon Musk Shocked by Hatred ‘From the Left’
Here Are the Number of Illegals Released Into the US During Biden's First...
Trans Woman Inducted Into National 'Women’s' Hall of Fame
Boston DA Considering Contempt of Court Charges Against ICE Agent Doing His Job

Philadelphia to remove Christopher Columbus statue following clash between armed men and Black Lives Matter protesters

We’re old enough to remember the last round of national hysteria about statues in 2017; it was enough so that Baltimore literally removed all its Confederate statues at once in the dead of night, having crews working from 11:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. to avoid any violence.

Advertisement

Vandals have already pulled down and/or beheaded statues of Christopher Columbus, but Philadelphia’s mayor is seeking to have the city remove its Columbus statue before someone gets hurt — there were reports of clashes Tuesday night between Black Lives Matter protesters and armed men who stood guard over the statue to protect it from vandalism.

Anna Orso reports:

Mayor Jim Kenney said in a statement Wednesday afternoon the city will ask the Art Commission on July 22 to approve the statue’s removal “in light of ongoing public safety concerns about the presence of armed individuals at Marconi Plaza and confrontations between those who support the statue and those opposed to it.”

Some supporters of the statue have repeatedly stood at its base and milled around the public plaza, some carrying weapons, claiming they were defending it from anyone with an intention of tearing it down. Observers said members of the group physically attacked protesters on June 14. And a group Tuesday night brawled with protesters who marched to the plaza after a protest “against racist vigilantes and their cop allies.”

Advertisement

Frankly, we’re surprised the vandals hadn’t already toppled the statue, but the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that it’s been boxed up since last week while the city decided what to do with it. (If you search for the statue on Google, some wit has renamed it “Schrodinger’s Columbus Statue Box.”)

They walked past these statues for decades, but it wasn’t until 2017 that minorities made clear the pain it made them feel, apparently.

Advertisement

Speaking of public safety, maybe the city doesn’t want a repeat of May 30, when the mostly peaceful and unarmed rioters were doing their thing:

Advertisement

But the real danger is the armed men — um, racist white vigilantes — who haven’t fired a single shot.


Related:

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Twitchy Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement