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On 16 August 2017, Chicago alderman Raymond Lopez posted a photograph showing a bust of Abraham Lincoln in the West Englewood neighborhood of Chicago that was damaged and burned: Although Lopez did not mention President Trump, the 12 August 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, or the controversy over the removal of Confederate statues in his Facebook post, the timing of the photograph caused several outlets to post hot takes of the incident. Some argued that the statue was vandalized by liberals who insist on removing any artifact from the Civil War. Others, including alderman Lopez, argued that Trump's comments about white nationalism had enraged a nation and had caused people to act out: While the photograph of the damaged Lincoln statue is real, those commenting on who was responsible or why the damage occurred are merely speculating. As of press time, that information is not available. We've reached out to the Chicago Police Department, Commander Kenneth Johnson of the Chicago Police's 7th District, and the 17th Ward's office (Raymond Lopez is not the alderman of the 17th Ward) for more information. It's also unclear when the damage actually occurred. Lopez told the Chicago Sun Times that the statue was vandalized in the days following the rally in Charlottesville, but this has not been confirmed. An Englewood resident told the that the statue may have burned over 4th of July when the statue was used as a platform to set off fireworks: Jackson also said that whoever vandalized the statue may not have known that it was a bust of Abraham Lincoln. Photographs dating back to 2006 show that the statue has been in a state of disrepair for more than a decade. Local news web site DNA Info wrote in 2013: We've collected various photographs of the statue over the years and found that this was not the first time that the bust had been vandalized:
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