Columbus in Byrd Park, Richmond

OPEN, unhindered acts of Communist insurrection, animated by intense racial hatred, continued in Richmond, Virginia last night, when a statue of Christopher Columbus was defaced with graffiti, torn down, set ablaze and thrown in a lake by people allegedly upset by the death of George Floyd, a violent thug in Minneapolis.

See our previous report on other recent acts of destruction in Richmond. The Hill reports:

The 8-foot-tall memorial to the explorer in Richmond, Va., was pulled down with ropes and dragged roughly 200 yards to nearby Landing at Foundation Lake, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. It was also reportedly briefly lit on fire.

The base of the statue was covered in graffiti, and protesters held signs reading “This land is Powhatan land” and “Columbus represents genocide.”

A makeshift headstone poster was also placed in front of the sunken statute in the water that read, “Racism. You will not be missed.”

The figure was reportedly the first statue of Columbus erected in the South, according to the newspaper. It was dedicated in December 1927.

The statue’s toppling came after demonstrators in the city were seen marching down Arthur Ashe Boulevard, one of hundreds of demonstrations across the U.S. protesting racial injustice and police brutality following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis late last month.

Protesters in Richmond noted that African Americans and indigenous peoples both face white supremacy and institutionalized racism in the United States since Columbus first arrived on the continent.

Vanessa Bolin, a member of the Richmond Indigenous Society, spoke to the crowd earlier in the night, according to the Times-Dispatch.

“This continent is built on the blood and the bones of our ancestors, but it is built off the backs and the sweat and the tears and the blood and the bones of Africans,” Bolin said. “We’re not here to hijack your movement. We’re here to stand in solidarity.”

Another speaker, Joseph Rogers, referenced genocide committed by white colonizers like Columbus against Native Americans.

“We cannot fight white supremacy without recognizing and uplifting one of its earliest victims on this continent,” Rogers told the crowd.

Another statue of Columbus was beheaded in Boston overnight in the park named after him, according to CBS Boston.

How many of these “demonstrators” were paid from the millions that go to groups associated with Black Lives Matter from billionaires and foundations, we will probably never know.

One thing we do know, this is no more a simple grassroots uprising than the Bolshevik Revolution, which was funded by Wall Street bankers and led to levels of death and destruction most Americans can’t even imagine.

These “protestors” would be charged with a racial hate crime if they toppled a statue of a Native American or black. No chance that’s going to happen with Columbus.

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