Protesters pulled down the statue of Columbus outside the Minnesota state Capitol in St. Paul on Wednesday. ADAccording to Minneapolis Star Tribune reporter Jessie Van Berkel, the group told a law enforcement officer on the scene what they planned to do. ADOn Wednesday at 12:30 a.m., Boston Police Department officers responded to a call about vandalism to the city’s Columbus statue, Sgt. A member of the media went to check on the statue and noticed that it had been beheaded, he said. Ralph Northam (D) has said he plans to put in storage — when word spread that the Columbus statue had been torn down.

Source: Washington Post June 10, 2020 17:37 UTC