Statue of Abolitionist John Brown Vandalized in Kansas

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Statue of Abolitionist John Brown Vandalized in Kansas
A statue of the abolitionist John Brown has been vandalized in Kansas City, Kansas.
March 19, 2018, at 8:19 a.m.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A statue of fiery abolitionist John Brown has been vandalized in Kansas City, Kansas.

Police spokesman Thomas Tomasic says officers were dispatched Sunday afternoon to the memorial to Brown, who made a name for himself in the Kansas Territory before leading a failed slave revolt at Harpers Ferry. The Kansas City Star reports that the statue was defaced with a swastika and racial slur.

The statue was dedicated in 1911 and is located near the Quindaro Townsite ruins. The community of Quindaro was a free-state port for abolitionists and a safe haven for those escaping slavery. It was also home to Western University, the first African-American university west of the Mississippi River, until the school closed in the 1940s.


Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/kansas/articles/2018-03-19/statue-of-abolitionist-john-brown-vandalized-in-kansas

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ANTI-SLAVERY STATUE DEFACED WITH SWASTIKA, RACIAL SLURS IN KANSAS
BY CARLOS BALLESTEROS ON 3/19/18 AT 10:57 AM

A statue of abolitionist John Brown near Kansas City, Kansas, was defaced with swastikas and racial slurs by as yet unknown perpetrators over the weekend, according to multiple local reports.

Historian Fred Whitehead, who lives in the area, noticed the markings when he visited the memorial on Sunday, The Kansas City Star reported. Subsequent photos and video footage of the statue revealed that a swastika had been drawn on Brown's forehead in black, and "Hail Satan" was written on his beard. Inverted crosses were drawn under the statue's eyes. Vandals also crossed out the word "people" at the base of the statue and replaced it with the N-word and a phallic symbol.

The Star reported that Whitehead made a police report on Sunday afternoon. As of Monday, the perpetrators had not been caught.

"It was a sickening sight," Whitehead told the Star. "There are racists and Nazis still around. It suggests that John Brown provokes a visceral reaction in these people."

More:
http://www.newsweek.com/john-brown-statue-kansas-slavery-swastika-851192

[Honeycombe8]

1. Nazis are everywhere. I hope they can restore the statue. We have to constantly outnumber them....

and drown out their voices of hatred and divisiveness and supremacy. There will always be these Nazis in the woodwork, like termites & roaches, unfortunately.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Disgusting to the core......

Sad to see that the Civil War is still being fought in the 21st century. Such hate must be tiring. It will not prevail.

[ck4829]

3. Huh, what happened to "heritage, not hate"?

I'm sure it was just an accident like what happened with the memorial to Nabra Hassanen.

[ancianita]

4. Germany had nazis. America has neo nazi rats that John Brown could eat for breakfast.

[Nitram]

5. Wow, many of these racists are still living way in the pre-Civil War past.

[raging moderate]

6. His truth goes marching on.

Civil War marching song: "John Brown's body lies amoldering in the grave; his truth goes marching on."