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’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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHICAGO – Hundreds of protesters attempting to topple the city's Christopher Columbus statue faced off with dozens of Chicago police Friday evening in an encounter that turned violent.

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 ...

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 ...

CHICAGO — Two statues of Christopher Columbus that stood in Chicago parks were taken down early Friday at the direction of Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a week after protesters trying to topple one of ...