Philadelphia mayor 'disappointed' court ordered removal of box covering Christopher Columbus statue

NBC ^ | 10 Dec 2022 | TJ Swigart and Minyvonne Burke

[blueplum]

Philadelphia's mayor said he is "disappointed" that a court ordered the city to remove a plywood box covering a statue of Christopher Columbus.

A spokesperson for Jim Kenney said the office believes the statue should be removed from Marconi Plaza....

...Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt handed down her ruling on Friday, telling the city that if it disagrees with the statue's "message" it can add a plaque..."More to the point, the City accepted the donation of the Columbus statue in 1876. It has a fiduciary duty to preserve that statue, which it designated an historic object in 2017," the judge wrote.

[blueplum]

setting a precedent?

[Governor Dinwiddie]

How did Filthydelphia get a white cuck for mayor? I thought only Negroes were allowed to be mayor.

[oblomov]

Why not rename the plaza while they’re trying to scrub history? Marconi was an aristocrat and a staunch fascist.

[himno hero]

Yep, it’s about erasure of history, heritage, identity in preparation for the Marxist Muslim takeover.
Death to America!
Celebrate a regression to backwards tribalism ideals!

[joma89]

That’s a bingo! Ahows how useful the dark skinned idiots are. They will vote for any democrat so they can get their free stuff.

[Tired of Taxes]

In 2020, when Columbus statues were toppled in other cities, Philadelphians went out and guarded their statue.

Then they filed a civil rights lawsuit against Mayor Kenney, but that lawsuit was tossed out by a judge.

Now, this judge has made the right decision on the statue.

[Tired of Taxes]

Adding to my post above:

Unfortunately, the judge also told the city that if it disagrees with the statue's "message" it can add a plaque..."

Who knows what kind of plaque Kenney and his ilk will put there...

[C210N]

Not forgotten.

Bring back Kate Smith.

[Ann Archy]

Hes the idiot that sang and danced..WE’RE A SANCTUARY CITY!

[Ann Archy]

They likes em Dumb.

[Eleutheria5]

One can hope. SCOTUS is going to be busy with all these BS cases coming up on appeal.

[robowombat]

I hope. Where was this lady in Richmond when governor blackface was around.

[ronnie raygun]

American is committing suicide by the minority

[lightman]

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[sauropod]

Jim Kenney is a real treat.

[American Infidel]

I grew up in this neighborhood in South Philly and used to play in this park daily for years as a little kid. The Columbus statue was a fixture. My grandfather used to play in a bocce league in the park (still part of Marconi Plaza) on the other side of Broad Street as well. The only people who should have a say in what happens to this statue are the people who live in this district and pay taxes there, not the outside, far-left agitators who swarmed into the neighborhood to attempt to tear it down.

It is clear that the residents want the statue there, so the media did all they could to portray the people in the neighborhood defending the statue as the problem. The leftist mob that showed up to tear the statue down in 2020 were portrayed as "peaceful protestors" who were just looking "have their voices heard".

If you don't like the statue of Columbus, then don't look at it or stay out of the neighborhood. The statue of Columbus should be given at least as much as deference as the statues of fentanyl floyd that were put around the country.

[twyn1]

I think Kate’s gone “down the shore” and is in a place of honor at North (?) Wildwood now — at least that was the plan I heard about a while ago.

[SunkenCiv]

[ConservativeInPA]

I’m done with hockey. Team Trans