An Antifa mob toppled a statue of Christopher Columbus in the Little Italy neighborhood of Baltimore Saturday night. No police were seen in sight according to video of the mob attack by several hundred anti-American guerrillas. The mob dragged the toppled statue over to the Inner Harbor and tossed it in the water.
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Protesters just took down the Christopher Columbus statue in Baltimore’s Little Italy. pic.twitter.com/ViPk5eKOtz
— Louis Krauss (@louiskraussnews) July 5, 2020
Baltimore’s Columbus statue gets dumped in the harbor pic.twitter.com/ZwuNcqAH6d
— J. M. Giordano photo (@jmgpix) July 5, 2020
#Baltimore tore down a Christopher Columbus statue and threw it in the harbor. pic.twitter.com/G4AcTQqfcp
— It's Going Down (@IGD_News) July 5, 2020
This was moments ago when a group of at least 100 people protesting through traffic came back near Columbus Park and began shutting down traffic. @wbaltv11 pic.twitter.com/NevApWCUhs
— Tre Ward (@TreWardWBAL) July 5, 2020
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A spokesman for Baltimore Mayor Jack Young basically said the mayor doesn’t give a damn, “Baltimore police “are principally concerned with the preservation of life,” @mayorbcyoung’s spokesman says. “That is sacrosanct. Everything else falls secondary to that, including statues.”
Baltimore police "are principally concerned with the preservation of life,” @mayorbcyoung's spokesman says. “That is sacrosanct. Everything else falls secondary to that, including statues.”https://t.co/IrKwPMp27g
— Colin Campbell ☀️ (@cmcampbell6) July 5, 2020
President Ronald Reagan spoke at the dedication of the Columbus statue in Little Italy on October 8, 1984.
Then California Governor Reagan warned in his inaugural address on January 5, 1967, “Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction.It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation…”
