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Yonkers police are investigating the incident and they say it could have been the work of juveniles overnight. They also say there is a possibility it could be fallout from the deadly protests and counter-protests over a Confederate statue in Charlottesville, Virginia earlier this month.
Those protests have led to calls for more public tributes to be removed, including a push in New York City to remove the Columbus Circle statue in light of the figure’s oppression of Native Americans.
“We can’t just desecrate a monument to them just because you don’t like what they did,” Gamberdella said.
One woman believes the statue should have been removed. However, she doesn’t believe it should have been done by vandals.