Columbus Statues Marred by Vandels
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
In attacks that came in time for Columbus Day, vandals splotched paint on statues of the explorer and spray-painted them with the words “murder” and “505 years of resistance”. Vandals hurled Christmas ornaments filled with red paint at a bronze statue in Pittsburgh’s Schenley Park, writing “murderer” and “stolen lands” on the base, authorities said.
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