Chicago’s two Christopher Columbus statues were taken down under the cover of darkness early Friday after violent clashes broke out last week between police and protesters, according to reports.

Controversy over Christopher Columbus is not new, but the clash between Chicago police and protesters in Grant Park in 2020, led to the removal of two Chicago statues “until further notice ...

The site in Chicago’s Arrigo Park where a Christopher Columbus monument once stood is fenced off on Oct. 9, 2020. Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, standing at right, and Ald. Nick Sposato ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Christopher Columbus statues in Grant Park and Little Italy were removed Friday morning. The Grant Park statue started to come down at around 3:15 a.m. After that, it didn't take ...

Chicago aldermen angered by overnight removal of Columbus statue from Grant Park A Christopher Columbus statue in Chicago's Grant Park is taken down by order of the mayor; Mike Tobin reports from ...

That’s never gonna happen.” Chicago police stand by the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park after protestors tried to bring it down in 2020. Lightfoot reiterated that she doesn’t ...

A Chicago police vehicle in front of the Christopher Columbus statue in Arrigo Park in June 2020, after the statue became a target of vandals. It later was removed. Lightfoot described Columbus as ...

The Chicago Park District said Thursday that it has reached a deal to end a lawsuit over the removal of Chicago's Christopher Columbus statues. The City of Chicago, which owns the statues, will ...

The Chicago Park District reached a settlement over the 2020 removal of a Christopher Columbus statue from Arrigo Park. The statue will be loaned to a local Italian-American group for indoor ...

A Chicago politician is thinking twice about ... change was more about honoring Obama’s history than removing Christopher Columbus. “It’s not because of the controversy around him, Barack ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A committee formed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot to review Chicago's monument issued its report Friday, recommending that two statues of Christopher Columbus should not be returned and ...