In response to Columbus Day.
Finding a new home at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture.
The statue, by the British sculptor Marc Quinn, was installed in secret at dawn.
“It is the right decision and the right time to remove this problematic statue,” said Mayor de Blasio.
The artist selected “must be of African descent.”
The injunction will prevent the statue’s removal for the next 10 days.
The largest one in the western hemisphere.
Twice the height of the Statue of Liberty.
“This is a spitting image of my Ronaldo. That’s why so many people have spit on it.”
“Not even Jesus pleased everyone.”
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