Philadelphia's Columbus statue caused less harm than city's mayor and district attorney

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Oct. 12 is the “real” Columbus Day, the actual date explorer Christopher
Columbus landed in the New World in San Salvador (now part of the Bahamas)
in 1492. In 2020, a statue of Christopher Columbus in Philadelphia was
condemned and restricted by the city’s mayor, Jim Kenney, who succumbed to
pressure from radical left-wing agitators. Kenney claimed the statue was
inappropriate for the 21st century and a threat to “public safety.” As a
result, Kenney ordered a plywood box built around it so the public did not
see it.

After some back-and-forth court filings, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth
Court realized this was illegal (and completely absurd) and ordered the
box removed. The Columbus statue was liberated on Dec. 9, 2022. Since
then, there has not been any crime, nor have there been any threats to
anyone’s “public safety” by the monument. Ironically, given the crime wave
the city has endured in recent years, the statue is probably one of the
safest places in the city. The same cannot be said for the area outside
the Philadelphia mayor’s office.

In January, gunshots were fired during a Monday morning rush hour, just a
few yards from the mayor’s office in City Hall. In August, at Independence
Hall, a distance less than 1 mile from the mayor’s office, a man was
killed in a double shooting by the historical landmark.
Moreover, using Kenney’s logic and standards, if eliminating threats to
public safety were the impetus for constructing boxes, the city should
also have built a plywood box around Philadelphia’s radical, left-wing,
Soros-funded district attorney, Larry Krasner. His policies have flooded
the city’s streets with criminals, keeping dangerous people out of jail
and free to terrorize communities.

The city has arguably endured the worst violent crime stretch in its
history with Kenney and Krasner in charge. The Columbus statue did not
cause the city to set a record for homicides in 2021. The Columbus statue
did not cause the city to be overwhelmed with carjackings. The Columbus
statue has not emboldened criminals to wreak havoc in communities
throughout Philadelphia.

More Philadelphians have experienced public safety threats and been
victimized by violent crime during Kenney’s and Krasner’s time in office
than the entire duration of the presence of the city’s Columbus statue,
which has existed since Oct. 12, 1876. If anything deserves a box around
it to protect the city’s people, it is Mayor Jim Kenney and District
Attorney Larry Krasner.

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