Statues of Christopher Columbus, thanks to whom Europeans discovered and colonized the Americas, were vandalized in Illinois, Rhode Island and in three cities in Connecticut on the national holiday dedicated to his memory. The Columbus statue in Chicago’s Arrigo Park was splattered with red paint, and words “mass murderer” and “decolonise” were spray-painted on the […]
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Columbus statue vandalized in New York’s Central Park
Vandals defiled a 125-year-old bronze statue of Christopher Columbus in New York’s Central Park overnight, covering its hands in ‘blood’ red paint and scrawling in white paint “Hate will not be tolerated” on its pedestal. A worker for the Central Park Conservancy discovered the vandalism early Tuesday morning and called the police, according to the […]
'We were influenced by Pope Francis,' say men who vandalized Australian war memorial
Four Australians who were found guilty of vandalism for removing a brass sword from a war memorial told a court that their actions were inspired by Pope Francis, referencing a message in which the pontiff said that religion cannot be used to justify war. The men were convicted on Monday of vandalizing the memorial – […]
Charles de Gaulle gravestone vandalized in ‘despicable’ attack (PHOTO)
Published time: 28 May, 2017 14:22 The resting place of former French President and World War II veteran Charles de Gaulle has been vandalized, according to reports. De Gaulle, a Legion of Honor recipient, is buried alongside his wife Yvonne and daughter Anne in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, near Troyes in the east of the country. READ MORE: Macron […]
Jewish community shocked as Bucharest cemetery vandalized on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Published time: 26 Apr, 2017 00:01 The Federation of the Jewish Communities in Romania says it is “saddened and revolted” after several youths vandalized a Jewish cemetery in the Romanian capital, Bucharest. A number of headstones in the cemetery had been overturned and broken, Reuters reported on Tuesday citing local police. Three teenagers aged 13-16 […]
Vauxhall renames its yellow to honor owner of vandalized car
When vandals scraped “MOVE” into the bright yellow paint of the Vauxhall Corsa owned by Peter Maddox, they thought they had had the last word. Or, perhaps, when they smashed the rear window and scratched every other panel on the car as well. All of this damage, worth almost $ 7,500 in total, was because […]