'Coming out of the Black Lives Matter protests, I think it's a good thing to capitalize on this momentum.'
A Columbus statue was also vandalized in Richmond, Virginia, this week, according to local reports.
Italian explorer Columbus, long hailed by school textbooks as the discoverer of"The New World," is considered by many to have spurred years of genocide against indigenous groups in the Americas.BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - JUNE 10: A worker from the Boston Parks & Recreation Department inspects a statue depicting Christopher Columbus is seen with its head removed at Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park on June 10, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Boston police were alerted to the damage shortly after midnight on Tuesday, a spokesman told AFP. An investigation is underway but no one has been arrested, he added."Coming out of the Black Lives Matter protests, I think it's a good thing to capitalize on this momentum," she told AFP, without giving her name.
Dozens of American cities have over the years replaced"Columbus Day" in October -- which became a federal holiday in 1937 -- with a day of tribute to"indigenous peoples."Boston's mayor, Marty Walsh, condemned the beheading but added that the statue would be removed on Wednesday pending a decision about its future, local media reported.
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