Brooklynites Petition to Remove Statue of Christopher Columbus in Downtown Brooklyn
An anonymous group is calling for the removal of the statue that sits outside the State Supreme Court and the renaming of the plaza, our sister pub Brooklyn Paper reports.
The Christopher Columbus statue in front of the State Supreme Court Building in Downtown Brooklyn. Photo by Susan De Vries
An anonymous online group has launched a small petition to remove the statue of Christopher Columbus from outside the State Supreme Court Building in Downtown Brooklyn, and to rename the adjacent Columbus Park.
The petition, which was started on June 10 by a group that calls itself simply “The People,” demands that the city turn to Native American communities for choosing the new name of the park and the statue’s replacement, lamenting the 15th-century explorer for his “ruthless conquest and settler colonialism.”
To read the whole story by our sister pub Brooklyn Paper, click here.
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