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Activists Pull Down Controversial Santa Fe Monument

Image from the Santa Fe Reporter featuring a vandalized statue being torn down as demonstrators look on.

October 16, 2020 – Gene Grant and The Line opinion panelists debate the handling of a controversial monument in Santa Fe’s Plaza. Ongoing angst over the Civil War-era memorial culminated in the obelisk’s destruction on Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Activists have been seeking the monument’s removal for years, objecting to an inscription that described Native communities…

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Controversial Statues and Monuments

A cop stands in front of a vandalized obelisk, with graffiti reading "RACIST" and "TEWA LAND".

September 18, 2020 – Gene Grant and The Line opinion panelists debate the fate of controversial statues in Santa Fe and Albuquerque – those that have been removed and those that are still standing.  Months have passed since Santa Fe’s Mayor Alan Webber promised quick action and public input on the future of certain monuments,…

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