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Activists just toppled the Junipero Serra statue in Golden Gate Park here in San Francisco
Now they’re onto Francis Scott Key, slave owner and writer of the Star Spangled Banner
Now they’re onto Francis Scott Key, slave owner and writer of the Star Spangled Banner
Crowd beat up on the statue after and tagged it, plus a nearby statue of Cervantes for good measure
And Francis Scott Key is down, *right* as a police officer says “you’ve made your point, we’re not gonna let you pull this statue down,” with the crowd cheering and shouting “next one!”
Long snail trail left after group pulled statue towards a fountain to dump it in
Then in sweetest moment of the night, someone came up to the group and said “no no no, that’s the AIDS memorial fountain,” and everyone immediately stopped and brought the statue back to the grass
Then in sweetest moment of the night, someone came up to the group and said “no no no, that’s the AIDS memorial fountain,” and everyone immediately stopped and brought the statue back to the grass
All that’s left of Francis Scott Key here in Golden Gate Park
Nearby statue of Ulysses S. Grant is also toppled. He was a slave owner too, before the Civil War. That’s three for three this night.
A few folks left against a line of SFPD in riot gear, yelling “quit your job!”
