{"id":636,"date":"2020-06-03T13:37:44","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T13:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/?p=636"},"modified":"2020-06-03T13:37:44","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T13:37:44","slug":"frank-rizzo-statue-removed-in-the-middle-of-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/03\/frank-rizzo-statue-removed-in-the-middle-of-the-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Rizzo Statue removed in the middle of the night"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia<\/u>: Early hours on Wednesday, the city without the need of courtesy removed the controversial statue of the former mayor Frank Rizzo, who was a police commissioner, and conservative icon in the states. However, the local news reporters were represent at the scene when the massive artwork was being rigged predawn hours, with straps on from its base in front of the main entrance to the Municipal Services Building across the street from City Hall. The Statue is then taken away to an unannounced location, as per the reports.<\/p>\n

Mayor Jim Kenney has for the last three years had pleaded to move the Rizzo statute to another location. Since 2017, the calls for the removal of the Rizzo statue have intensified, the idea was kicked off by a national reasoning over monuments to Confederate figure. Mayor Kenney\u2019s administration announced the statue would be moved sometime on 2021 as per the reports, with the reconstruction of Thomas Paine Plaza.<\/p>\n

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The timeline spectrum between George Floyd\u2019s death and the removal of the statue accelerated in the past few days as the protests intensified. During Saturday\u2019s protests, the statue was graffitied upon, and protestors attempted to set it on fire. The statue was cleaned in the early hours of Sunday, which sparked criticism that such controversial icon was given priority over other damage around Center City.<\/p>\n

On Monday, The Mayor Jim Kennedy at a news conference had this to say, \u201cI never liked it. I can\u2019t wait to see it go away,\u201d mayor confirmed to have the statue removed later this month.<\/p>\n

Brian Heiss, 35, learned about the removal of the statue on Twitter from a TV reporter, stopped to take pictures of the historic scene.<\/p>\n

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The statue represented bigotry, hatred, and oppression for too many people, for too long. It is finally gone. pic.twitter.com\/30f2Skpqog<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jim #StayHomePHL Kenney (@PhillyMayor) June 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n