Vandals mount toilet to toppled Christopher Columbus statue as activist fumes over lack of investigation: ‘Blatant racism’
Vandals placed a toilet on the pedestal of a toppled Christopher Columbus statue in Baltimore, sparking outrage among local Italian-American leaders. The statue was removed by protesters in 2020 and has remained absent from its original location since then. Activists are calling for an investigation into what they describe as a disrespectful act of racism.
- ▪The Christopher Columbus statue was toppled by protesters in July 2020 during Black Lives Matter demonstrations.
- ▪A toilet was placed on the statue's pedestal last week, leading to public outcry from the Little Italy Neighborhood Association.
- ▪Maryland State Delegate Nino Mangione criticized the lack of police investigation into the incident, labeling it as blatant racism.
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US News Vandals mount toilet to toppled Christopher Columbus statue as activist fumes over lack of investigation: ‘Blatant racism’ By Jorge Fitz-Gibbon Published May 17, 2026, 5:07 p.m. ET Italian-American community leaders in Baltimore are livid after vandals plunked a toilet down on the site of a Christopher Columbus statue that was hurled into the Inner Harbor by protesters in 2020. Officials were tipped off about the “inappropriate” display last week, when passersby reported that the pedestal that once held the discoverer’s likeness was now topped by a white porcelain toilet, the Little Italy Neighborhood Association of Baltimore said on Facebook. 4 The Christopher Columbus statue in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor was replaced with a toilet.
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