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Civil War monument at Colorado Capitol toppled overnight
Greeley Tribune ^ | June 25 2020 | Shelly Bradbury and Sam Tabachnik

Posted on 06/25/2020 4:36:29 PM PDT by rintintin

The Civil War monument erected in 1909 outside Colorado’s Capitol that commemorated, in part, the Sand Creek Massacre was toppled overnight, the latest act by protesters across the nation to tear down statues honoring perpetrators of racist acts.

Trooper Gary Cutler, spokesman for Colorado State Patrol, which polices the Capitol grounds, said “individuals” brought the statue down around 1:30 a.m. Thursday. He wouldn’t say how many were involved or whether their identities are known. The case has been turned over to the Denver Police Department.

“It was up yesterday and it was down today,” said Doug Platt, communications manager at the city’s Department of Personnel and Administration, which maintains the grounds and building.

The base of the monument is covered in graffiti — “Defund cops,” “Denver where are you?” — but Cutler said he didn’t know whether it was fresh or left over from the demonstrations that have taken place at the Capitol in the weeks since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked a nationwide movement for racial justice and police reform.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: civilunrest; colorado; denver; nikkisfault; obamasfault; statue
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To: DIRTYSECRET

The Confederate under Sibley were moving north to take the Denver gold fields supposedly for the rebs but actually Sublet wanted it to start a country in AZ NM and Chihuahua. Union forces included 1st Colorado volunteers whose F co. Was actually a mounted unit (I was in a reenactment unit in the 80s). They stopped the rebs at Glorieta Pass in northern Nm.


21 posted on 06/25/2020 5:29:31 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (Never bring a liberal gun law to a gun fight.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

On and off just like the rest of the country


22 posted on 06/25/2020 6:02:43 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Bonemaker

Says someone from Illinois


23 posted on 06/25/2020 6:03:24 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

What part of town did you live in....the west side has always had its problems


24 posted on 06/25/2020 6:04:19 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: rintintin

So how come the loser Denver police didn’t stop them?

These cops are not earning their pay and benefits.


25 posted on 06/25/2020 6:29:48 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Wipe ANTIFA off the face of the Earth. Indict Soros, too...their sugar daddy.)
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To: Nifster

Maybe illannoy in the 1830’s!


26 posted on 06/25/2020 7:10:48 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Nifster

6770 Green Court. I still remember the street after 67 years!


27 posted on 06/25/2020 7:24:56 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: rintintin; george76

The chaindog cops were ordered to stand down by the corrupt mayor hancock, I would guess. “Just following orders.”


28 posted on 06/25/2020 7:58:09 PM PDT by dynachrome (The panic will end, the tyranny will not)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

The west side


29 posted on 06/25/2020 8:34:36 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: dynachrome; MileHi; Balata; backspace; bboop; Benito Cereno; bravo whiskey; Bruiser 10; ...

Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)


30 posted on 06/25/2020 8:36:18 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: rintintin
The Hancock/Pazen administration have turned the city over to the animals. They tried fighting Antifa but quit.

If you are thinking about relocating a business, don't think Colorado. COVID stopped this year's legislature. Next year, the Democrats will destroy everything that has made Colorado business friendly for the last 40 years.

31 posted on 06/26/2020 12:26:48 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Hideout for scoundrels, hoodlums, malcontents and lollygaggers.


32 posted on 06/26/2020 5:20:24 AM PDT by Mathews (ItÂ’s all gravy, baby!)
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To: Nifster

Why is it always the West side of any town/city happens to be the one with all the problems? Any place I’ve ever lived it was either the West side or the East side, Pueblo being one of them.


33 posted on 06/26/2020 5:24:08 AM PDT by Mathews (ItÂ’s all gravy, baby!)
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To: rintintin

Hey!.. aren’t BANKS and ATMs capitalist monuments to RACISM and GREED? /s


34 posted on 06/26/2020 5:40:31 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: EnglishOnly
I have yet to see them build one good thing.

Well, they've successfully built up the numbers of Americans getting their concealed carry permits and the numbers of gun purchases.
So, there is that.
35 posted on 06/26/2020 5:48:18 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
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