What stupid people. They were probably going to melt it down and sell it for scrap, but they were even too dumb to do that.

They wanted to destroy a black hero.

That's the way I read it.

Not just pathetic racist rage, but IMPOTENT pathetic racist rage. Very small, pathetic racists.

So...

And Nikki Haley said that too.

Ask Haley, what was the cause of this destruction? Watch and time her pause, before she says we are not. Racist country.

It's racists being racist.

I had wondered if they can hit the perps with a hate crime, rather than focusing on the monetary value. But i don't know if you could get hate crime charges over damage done to a statue.

saying the statue should be valued higher than $75,000. Racism isn't coming into my thinking at all when I look at a well done sculpture and assess its worth.

So I am betting it will only take about a week to nab them.

They are probably bragging about it online by now.

to include a photo of the damaged statue as proof of their work.

Fucking nazi's.

….. being scum. Jackie’s statue will be back up by the start of baseball season and parents, teachers,
families, friends, and ball players will tell a new generation of young people the story of Jackie’s courage , racism, and that we all are just human beings who are all out of the Great Rift Valley in east central
Africa.

… the crap he had to take by the parents, grandparents, or great grandparents of future
Trump voters. This act of ignorance just elevates Jackie’s greatness.

...the statue not only replaced, but installed with an even more prominent memorial plaque specifically detailing the extraordinary achievement of a black man achieving such success at that time in our very racist American history.

If there's a gofundme or fundraiser for anything like that, I will gladly contribute.

there might even b molds out there, so it cd be recreated exactly w/o a ton of expense.

Thank you!

"Lutz, the nonprofit director, said there will be a new statue installed that will look exactly like the old one, which was made by his friend, the artist John Parsons, before his death. He said the mold is still viable and anticipated that a replacement could be erected within a matter of months."

https://abc7chicago.com/statue-of-jackie-robinson-stolen-wichita-kansas/14372791/#:~:text=He's%20considered%20not%20only%20a,John%20Parsons%2C%20before%20his%20death.

(might be the same link in the op -- but i googled)

man, so many artist’s stuff just gets chucked when they pass. that’s a pretty good chunk of real estate. so glad he had a friend who cd do that.

...I googled "League 42", which is the non-profit organization that runs the youth baseball league at McAdams Park where the statue was stolen from.

From league42.org:

"League 42, named in honor of the great Jackie Robinson, the first African-American in Major League Baseball, is a youth baseball league comprised primarily of urban children ages 5 – 14. McAdams Park at 17th & Wabash (I-135 & 13th Street area) is home to the League and where we play our games. Practices are held at McAdams, too, as well as other baseball fields across the city."

many many many jackies- he is still fighting racism

was MULTIPLE statues of Jackie, placed all over the city and state!

If the mold still exists, maybe.

I hadn't seen those. Sometimes reading comprehension is just a suggestion.

perpetrators: "oh, okay"

n/t

Many historic statues of white men were toppled in the wake of the George Floyd disturbances... An act I think was wrong.

One of the destroyed statues was of Publisher Harvey Scott.. a racist product of his time.

A few months later, a guerilla artist placed a beautiful bust on the plinth atop Mt. Tabor. It was a beautiful painted plaster sculpture of York, a slave that traveled with the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery. Most of the community immediately fell in love with the beautiful portrail of who may have been the first African to visit the west coast.

Some, however, were angry at the replacement of a white pioneer with a black explorer. The plinth was defaced with spray paint. One night, vandals destroyed the sculpture completely. The pedestal now stands empty as public art stewards debate the appropriate action.



https://www.opb.org/article/2021/07/28/portland-york-art-mt-tabor-racism/

I hope they find the perpetrator(s) and get every nickel.

The time taken to destroy that statue could have been used to earn money to donate to Stink Bigly's legal funds.

So damned sad...

"To those who say that America has never been a racist country, Jackie Robinson faced threats and ridicule when he became the first black baseball player in major league baseball (MLB). And this statue stands as a replacement for the original statue, which was stolen and destroyed by those who attempted to desecrate his memory 77 years later."
THAT would be a fitting replacement!

just pure hate.