Civil War statue toppled in front of Colorado State Capitol
A Civil War memorial statue was vandalized and toppled in front of the Colorado State Capitol around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, according to Colorado State Patrol (CSP).
Master Trooper Gary Cutler with CSP said Denver police are currently investigating the incident.
The statue and its platform were also spray-painted, but it was not clear how much of it was from previous protests and how much was new overnight ...
Doug Platt, communication manager for Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration, said the city is in the process of determining what to do next. He said it's not yet clear what the city will do with the statue. The more pressing matter is to evaluate it for any repairs or restoration, he said ...
This Civil War statue was erected in July of 1909.
Denver Kit Carson Monument Pulled Down By City Before Anti-White Mob Can Tear It Down, Paul Kersey, June 27, 2020:
It’s a war on every last vestige of the history white men created on this continent and the civilization they alone birthed. In 2020 America, you now die of whiteness. So dies the past. And so dies the future.
Tucker Carlson: Never Been A Dumber Group Gathered In One Place Than Anti-Statue Protesters, RealClear Politics, June 26, 2020:
[...] we may have missed something that’s also true, as well as highly amusing: these people are idiots. For real. The angry children you’re watching set fire to Wendy’s, and topple statues and scream at you on TV are truly and utterly stupid. There’s probably never been a dumber group gathered in one place in all of American history. They’re mouth-breathers.They know nothing. They couldn’t tell you who George Washington was. They don’t know when the civil war was fought, probably not even to the century." ...
Sowing the Sixties Winds, Reaping Today’s Whirlwind
Caught on Camera: Statue with ties to Christopher Columbus torn down at Civic Center Park in Denver, Fox News, June 26, 2020. Watch video.
Video: Target: The White Man, by Jared Taylor, American Renaissance, June 26, 2020.
AP Suggests Mount Rushmore as Offensive as Confederate Memorials, FrontPage Mag, June 26, 2020.
Video: This is how you end a riot. Well done, Virginia law enforcement, well done.