{"id":107665,"date":"2020-11-28T11:43:49","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T16:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=107665"},"modified":"2020-11-28T11:43:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T16:43:49","slug":"are-washington-jefferson-statues-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=107665","title":{"rendered":"Are Washington, Jefferson statues next?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m going to violate Betteridge’s Law of Headlines<\/a> once again. As we know, Trump rhetorically asked this question within the context of the attack on Confederate monuments. He did so three years ago. That’s not a long time, but the anarchists, Marxists, and Democrats who have allied in their goals to “change America” as Senator Schumer (D-NY) said recently are now attacking Washington and Jefferson statues. Trump called it. Again.<\/p>\n

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Toppled Washington statue in Minneapolis – “Genocidal maniac” is written by Washington’s name. (Photo credit Star Tribune)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The latest comes from Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

Minneapolis Park Police are investigating after a pair of historic statues were vandalized, and one of them toppled Thursday in what may have been part of a national demonstration in support of Indigenous people.<\/p>\n

Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) spokesperson Dawn Sommers says she learned about the damage caused to statues in Washburn Fair Oaks Park and BF Nelson Park late yesterday afternoon. A parks employee called in when they discovered The Pioneers statue had been painted with graffiti.<\/p>\n

Officials soon discovered that the George Washington statue in Washburn Fair Oaks Park had also been vandalized, including being painted with the words land back. The statue was then toppled, and broken into parts.<\/p>\n

The #landback campaign is an Indigenous movement against white supremacy and for Indigenous food sovereignty, housing, and clean air and water.<\/p>\n

The activist group Unicorn Riot posted a story online claiming that the vandalism was the work of an “autonomous direct-action affinity group organizing under the Pan-Indigenous People\u2019s Liberation (PIPL) network,” which was partly in response to the callout for a national decolonial day of action.<\/p>\n

USA Today reports that similar vandalism was done to monuments in Chicago, Portland and Spokane. At this time it is unclear whether the action in Minneapolis was part of a nationwide coordinated effort.<\/p>\n

Sommers says park maintenance crews will be heading out this morning to inspect the damage and determine if the George Washington statue can be put back together and righted. She tells KARE 11 that the MPRB has heard concerns from community members about the content and subject matter of the Pioneers statue.<\/p>\n

“The MPRB is working together with the community to address and respond using a racial equity lens to determine next steps,” Sommers said in a written statement. “This spring, a sign was placed near the statue stating this information and inviting people to share their thoughts or be part of framing new directions.”<\/p>\n

Earlier this fall demonstrators pulled down and damaged a statue of Christopher Columbus on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol. A man claiming to be associated with the American Indian Movement (AIM) was criminally charged in that incident.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Pioneers monument vandalized with blood red paint (Photo credit KARE11)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Source; KARE 11<\/a><\/p>\n

Don’t worry though. The Minneapolis City Council is hard at work to rectify the public safety crisis in the city. As shootings, carjackings, and murders have soared, the council stands ready with the answer. City “leadership” is working to cut $8 million from the police department’s budget.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

The police department is authorized 888 officers. They started the year with 874. Forty officers have since left the department and a whopping 121 are on some form of leave. That puts them just over 20% below<\/em> authorized strength. Those kinds of staffing issues will only compound, particularly when the city is clearly not supporting the officers.<\/p>\n

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