The city’s government doesn’t seem too upset about it.
The Columbus statue in Baltimore was owned by the city and dedicated in 1984 by former Mayor William Donald Schaefer and President Ronald Reagan. But the city government didn’t seem too angry about losing the monument. Yanking down the statue is part of a “re-examination taking place nationally and globally around some of these monuments and statues that may represent different things to different people,” Lester Davis, a spokesman for Democratic Mayor Bernard C.
“Jack” Young,on Saturday night. “We understand the dynamics that are playing out in Baltimore are part of a national narrative.” Davis also emphasized that protecting statues was not a priority for the police in the city because they have a lot of bigger issues to worry about. “Our officers in Baltimore City, who are some of the finest in country, they are principally concerned with the preservation of life,” he said. “That is sacrosanct.
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