A statue of Christopher Columbus in Virginia has been torn down by protesters, who then set it on fire and threw it into a lake, in the latest action against monuments in the wake of George Floyd’s death. The statue, in the city of Richmond, was toppled on Tuesday night less than two hours after protesters gathered in the city’s Byrd Park were chanting for it to be taken down, according to reports. Protesters uses several ropes to remove the statue, with a a sign that reads “Columbus represents genocide” placed on the spray-painted foundation that once held the figure. It was then set on fire and rolled into a lake in the park, NBC 12 reported. Elsewhere, another statue of Columbus in Boston’s Atlantic Avenue in Massachusetts was beheaded.
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