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  • 2020-06-10 (xsd:date)
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  • Is This a Pic of a 'Beheaded' Christopher Columbus Statue? (en)
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  • A photograph supposedly showing a statue of Christopher Columbus that had been beheaded by anti-police-brutality protesters was circulated on social media in June 2020: This is a genuine photograph that was taken in Boston's North End in the wake of protests spurred by the police in-custody death of an unarmed Black man in Minneapolis. The picture was captured by photographer Mark Garfinkel (@pictureboston on Twitter) and shared by NBC 10 Boston on June 10, 2020. The news outlet reported that the vandalism occurred overnight and that Columbus' head was found nearby: A video from the news outlet provided other pictures of the beheaded statue. This was at least the second statue of Columbus to be vandalized in the same week. Another statue of the explorer was thrown into a lake in Virginia. The Guardian reported: (en)
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