Foreign Desk Report
BALTIMORE: Baltimore protesters pulled down a statue of Christopher Columbus and threw it into the city’s Inner Harbour on Saturday night. Demonstrators used ropes to topple the monument near the Little Italy neighbourhood, news outlets reported.
Protesters mobilised by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police have called for the removal of statues of Columbus, Confederate figures and others.
They say the Italian explorer is responsible for the genocide and exploitation of native peoples in the Americas.
