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NYPD guards Columbus Circle in Manhattan as Confederate statues are torn down across the U.S. - but Gov. Andrew Cuomo refuses to remove NYC's monument because of its 'significance to Italian-Americans'

Statues with racist connections have been targeted by protesters around the world speaking out against police brutality in the wake of George Floyd's death

Native American advocates have long raised concerns that Christopher Columbus spurred centuries of genocide against indigenous populations

But Cuomo says NYC's statue represents the Italian American contribution

A statue of Columbus in Richmond, Virginia was torn down on Tuesday

In Minnesota protesters pulled down a statue of Columbus Wednesday

And in Boston a similar figure was beheaded in the early hours of Wednesday

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8411915/NYPD-guards-Columbus-Circle-Manhattan-Confederate-statues-torn-U-S.html