Mayor ordered statue removed overnight after hours of vocal confrontations between protesters and supporters and a week after a clash with police
A statue of Christopher Columbus in downtown Chicago’s Grant Park was taken down early Friday, a week after protesters trying to topple the monument to the Italian explorer clashed with police.
The controversial statue was taken down at the direction of the city’s mayor, Lori Lightfoot, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Continue reading…Mayor ordered statue removed overnight after hours of vocal confrontations between protesters and supporters and a week after a clash with policeA statue of Christopher Columbus in downtown Chicago’s Grant Park was taken down early Friday, a week after protesters trying to topple the monument to the Italian explorer clashed with police.The controversial statue was taken down at the direction of the city’s mayor, Lori Lightfoot, according to the Chicago Tribune. Continue reading…