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:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22297992/021121_astoria_columbus_statue_2.jpg "NYPD Nonetheless Babysitting Christopher Columbus Statues on Taxpayer Dime")
Monuments to Christopher Columbus in the city park remain under the constant protection of the NYPD and behind barricades - 10 months after nationwide protests against the brutality of the police triggered a renewed reckoning of historical symbols of oppression.
While statues of the Italian explorer have been...