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In US news and current events today, the city of Philadephia has finally removed a statue of former mayor and police chief Frank Rizzo after years of controversy. Opponents of the statue argued that Rizzo was a major factor in the systemic inequality the Philly police enforced on people of color throughout the city.
The statue became a focal point during the Philadelphia protest that sprung out of the larger Black Lives Matter protests in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, and it is part of a larger debate over removing statues of racist icons like Robert E. Lee and other Confederate statues. As the BLM protests usher in sweeping change, many hope to see these relics of a hateful past removed, while still keeping the terrible history and the lessons learned from it in our consciousness.
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Thank god Karen wasn't there, she would have started to search for manager and make a scene out of it.
Westin Taylor triggered
ᴋɪʟʟᴇʀɢᴏᴀᴛ seriously
@Westin Taylor Thank God Karen wasn't there, a welfare Rump supporter storming in the governor's building in Michigan with AK-14 pointing on the government's head is very hypocritical, and double standard.
Who's Karen?
Hahaha good one you are so right.
Melt it down and use the scrap metal for new playground equipment. Put it to GOOD use for a change.
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Right! WE have pictures and video, it's not eternally lost
Erosdox7 🤦🏻😂 ok.
Erosdox7 omg yes!!! I agree! This is the best thing I’ve read today, thank you my good friend💜
Honestly a guy started a racist museum of all the racist things america has kept from the present and past. It should be put there to really drive the point home. Learn from the past. Show it existed. Dont idolize it.
Its almost like protesting and rioting makes people listen.
It makes people listen, but makes them want to shut you up.
@@Monarch_Prime correct, their not listening they just want you to STOP similar to the cops taking a knee
Aro 327 i disagree with the rioting protesting is helping but rioting nearly made trump isssue martial law
@@dougiehowser6047 he wont ever issue martial law, he just learn that martial law exists soo now its gonna say it for a while
😅😂🤣
That statue was supposed to be taken off in 2017. Good Riddance.
@inrealtime23 good question
Sounds like it shouldn't have ever been made in the first place
It shouldnt have.
L N
Exactly!
But the question is why was made in first place?.
Who did it, and what was the reason. A symbol of white supremacy?
Of course they shouldn't have. They started making most of these racist statues around the turn of century and in the 1920's when the KKK was big.
@@marcopena7638 well the video implies he turned Philly around when it was even worse than it already is.
Philly was in a state of chaos before him... he brought order to philly
When they say "be on the right side of history or history won't be kind" this is what they mean
i would never want to be on the right (left) side of history.
"...aaaaaand it's gone!"
-South Park Bank Manager, 2009
Lmao I wouldn’t have ever thought of that. Love that episode!
Lmaoooo
Just replace him with a bronze statue of a giant cheesesteak.
You're welcome, Philly.
id vote for that!
Or a statue of a giant cheesecake! ; )
Im good wit that
@@keepruvthknight cheesecake is also great, but doesnt really have anything to do with philly, but sure why not.
plewtz80 YEAH it does! PHILADELPHIA CREAM CHEESE! 🙄
That "song" in the background was hella creepy.
Gabriel Justicar omg i was thinking the exact same thing lmao
@@SebastianDingleswitch exactly my thoughts
Well, that guy IS creepy as well, the music fits 😉
Gabriel Justicar lol thats jokes ne too!
Creepy music for Creepy people.
Why did they even make statue of him anyway ?
Racism
@Robert Thomas But i do know, it's perpetual racism they were born with, it's natural for them.
To let black ppl know what the police in that city idolize
*Bill Cosby had one in Disney Land*
Coz white folks
There is no place for this kind of people in this world.
Maybe we could put them all on an island, the Island of Racism
@@SchiwiM that's an amazing idea. Get them on the plastic island in the ocean.
@@liamsomeone6333 make them work to get the plastic out and make them finally useful
I agree completely. What is the point of freedom of speech anyway? We only wan't people in our society that we agree with and no one else.
So, a statute of a celebrated Italian was hard to get rid of. Then, what are we going to do about that other Italian and his national holiday, Christopher Columbus, America's first terrorist?
Just me , but i never understood why we make statue of people .
I think public monuments reflect a society’s values. In this case, we can see that societal values can change. I think humans will still erect monuments for the foreseeable future but societal values will constantly evolve. Just my two cents ✌️
The white supremacist always glorify themselves and always reward their killers.
@TheViperFan 😭😂
Idol's
As a way to preserve their memory, but the problem comes when said memory is an infamous one.
I mean, it looks like he is doing a hitler salute so...
Hilter was supported by the U.S go read Henry Ford history
As soon as I seen it I thought that!
@Akainu Sakazuki94 nope, it's diagonal. You would be shot if you saluted him vertically
@Akainu Sakazuki94 Not straight up but the arm was fully extended.
OMG that's what I said when I saw it.
this is really good to see, but also sort of funny how the fact that he was racist is so significant. i live in south carolina and our entire history revolves around racism. you see racist statues and monuments everywhere here. we have schools, lakes, towns, etc. named after people who were obviously racist. even the founder of clemson university was racist. i guess it’s more “normal” here but it shouldn’t mean it’s more acceptable.
pax honestly m8, as part as the reform they need to do something regarding the use of items that represent racism/segregation.
youre an embarrassment to SC. if these yankees had their way youd be killed for being in the south.
@Blue Bandit i don’t understand how i’m an embarrassment. i was just acknowledging that most of the significant figures in sc’s history were racist and that it’s no different than a racist politician from pennsylvania. i also understand that to get rid of anything connected to racism would be to get rid of almost our entire history. i was simply saying that i think it’s shocking to see how little people tolerate historical figures who were racist in other places when it’s such a regular thing here that’s never even talked about. my apologies for being self aware and making a mature societal observation. if that’s what makes somebody an embarrassment in my state then i suppose i’d be an embarrassment.
@@bluebandit5586 what are you talking about
@Hillary's emails to Lorne i think it’s extremely unlikely and i highly doubt that the racism behind some of the monuments/memorials/statues will ever be addressed
I’m from Philadelphia and remember Frank Rizzo’s mob connections!!!
Dude was Italian so....
In Richmond Virginia there’s a confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee statue that’s going to be taken down
Tetra3Ne56scur why he is a big part of history I think the statue should stay
But he's a good man
Just people removing history bcuz it "offends" them
what they need to do is put up a statue of Elijah Muhammad, Louis Farrakhan.
Wonderful. Keep us posted. Do a video and upload it. I would definitely watch it.
Can we build statues of people whom deserves it: Rosa Parks, MLK, Malcolm X? no?
well done finally, Philadelphia
Yes. We should.
The woman before Rosa Parks 😁
All 3 of those people were also racist
@@thomasmatarazzo198 No they weren't.
shersmk90 malcom x was certainly
In Tennessee, we just knocked ours down because they would not remove it
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Wtf. This should’ve been taken down years ago.
"The police shouldnt be your friend, they're there to protect people, property, and keep black people in line" how does that not make peoples blood boil
Because your smart enough to know that the police do have their place.
@@lking1540 the polices place is keeping Black people in line?
He's just trolling.
Apart from the black people comment, he's right. Police isn't there to be your friend. It's to maintain law and order and protect the life and property of people.
If you remove the "keep black people in line" part, I agree with it
Yeah get that outta here!
Why was there a statue of him in the first place.
Murica: hold my beer
Now we need to take down Trump. Thank you, next!
Ariana Grande?
M3lgar 5 ?
@@acegarr22 Rizzo ate a ton of donuts, though. Ms Grande-Butera wasn't yet alive to lick them, as Mayor Rizzo died in 1991.
i didnt even know they gave statues to mayors... especially a racist one.
The USA has given status to numerous amount of racist people. What they weren't aware of what they call honor is called hate when you dont treat all people fairly.
This id amerikkka for you
@@mysoundmindz they even sculpted 4 white heads into a mountain, illegally, with a white supremacist as the sculpture.
It always boggles me to hear about Italians and being racist. I have seen the documents show how RACIST the United States was when Italians 1st started coming to America.
Exactly. You would think they would remember how “white” Americans discriminated against them.
It's not just Italians, it's everyone
Meh. Maybe they had bad experiences with blacks. I think we overuse the word "racist" in this country.
its actually how non-white groups back in the day, irish, italian, the new immigrants in early america, got made white and achieved better social standards, one of the steps was becoming racist toward not ethnicities but race. It solidified, racism, the idea of whiteness we have now.
You kinda become the monster yourself and perpetuate the nonsense you once experienced.
love to hear some of these bright spots. mayor in birmingham is also removing a confederate monument in the next 24 hrs.
When I was just a kid in Jr High, I thought he was a cool dude. Now that I am older and wiser, I see what a naive and dumb kid I was.
maturity makes you wiser.
Over here in England we've been having the same realizations about Winston Churchill
Now THIS is progress. One step at a time.
More like a PR move given the current times rather than a progress. If it was not for the protest, that statue would not have left the stairs.
@@Kyle-pp7dv Like he said, one step at a time.
Don't throw the statue away! Melt it and mold it into a statue of Rosa Parks, MLK, Malcolm X, or maybe even George Floyd!
Yes make a statue for rosa, mlk, malcolm but not George. Yes its a tragedy that he dead in a bad way but that does not make him on the level of many others. If you were going to make a statue of george, why not a statue of fallen soldiers from iraq or previous battles?
No!!
No need for statues......
Teringventje Yes thank you..✌🏽
@laysrayslays
Yesss!
When you realize that he was racist towards people of color when his statue isn’t white but colored.
I mean, marble statue easily breaks and you looks like someone from the ancient greek
@Jamel Jamal I know right!?
Hey snow in ec Philadelphia cop who used to train canine units. He told me many stories after a few drinks about how they used to throw black people off the top of buildings. He would laugh about it along With all the other senior citizens that he was telling the story to.
He worked under Frank Rizzo directly at the end, and had nothing but nice things to say about the man.
Wow
Sounds like a bs story to me
@@thomasmatarazzo198
Dude was crazy
I remember reading that Philadelphia police was over 20% black before he joined and once he took over as police chief it declined from 23% to 7.7% then to 2.4% majority being behind desk and not field cops
The man literally sent borderline death squads into black communities I wouldn't even be surprised if this was true!
They always claim to not be racist but literally everyday I see a new video of them acting out their racism.
@@BALLARDTWIN and where did you get this information could you please cite your resources you have a very specific number so could you please cite your resources because my father worked 4 the city of Philadelphia and he had a great job with many African-American engineers that he worked side-by-side with to make Philadelphia cleaner safer fixed the bridges and tunnels worked on the infrastructure of Philadelphia which is what we need because we have been living with an infrastructure that was built a hundred years ago so maybe African Americans were given better jobs than cops because I know my father would make over time and he got two and a half pay and so did everybody else great benefits so maybe they didn't want to be cops Jerry think about that maybe they saw the corruption in the police department and said now I'll take other jobs and get paid and raise my family well
It’s been a long time coming and I’m so elated from Philly and this has always been an eye sore in the black community
0:15 trump in a nutshell
At least trump cares about space
@@Monarch_Prime Yeah, he occupies too much.
You are nuts you have no idea what you are talking about and that is apparent tell me who Frank Rizzo was are you from Philly? Do you have any idea where the man was do you have any idea who is son is? Didn't think so yeah just keep typing on your computers and everything's going to change now that that statues down world peace has been declared right great good to know moron
@@Monarch_Prime what are you even talking about? Can I get some of whatever you're on
Trump stared at an eclipse he can't even spell space you're inspace whack jobs I can't even believe it
They did this in South Africa a few years ago.... Also renamed our cities and streets in black heroes names
It's _their_ cities now!
So all this time he wasn’t seen as a racist until after George Floyd?? Ok....
Not our fault you're not educated
@@THER00BILLZ thats not what they wrote. They know he was a racist and wanted it taken down before
He was a lifelong democrat. Should've been a dead givaway he was racist. Or he just told the truth? Same difference to lefties
They wanted it taken down before, but now people are realizing that it will cause problems for them so they take it down.
Why was this statue there in the first place🤔
For the same reason why other people still wave the confederation flag.
OMG! Finally down!
No offence but every old school Italian male is a Frank Rizzo
Do you live in Italy? Cause I do! And I can tell you, that you are wrong you racist!
@Tom Hublot I love the irony. You generalize the left by saying that they like to generalize.
Jerky Boyz
@@Khymeira that's all you took from that? Amazing
Macarronis are a danger to the world.
When I read, "Statue of Racist Mayor," I guessed it was Frank Rizzo. And I have never lived in Philadelphia.
I would have done this without permission. One chain on the back of my truck. Wrap it around the neck of the statue. Decapitated statue. 😂😂🤣
Thank goodness we don't have any statues of Donald Trump anywhere
Yet. 🥴
He's not, the whole world sees him as a fool, america is the laughing stock of the world
Should have been an all black team who physically pulled the statue down.
That would be racist no?
Joshua Hagen I don’t see how when he’s be especially terrible to them.
@@unamed2516 not personally
good riddance, most of us have wanted it gone for at least a decade.
Frank Rizzo is cancelled...history has never been kind to bigots
Good news! Yet it's sad that it took this long and that it took so much fight.
I'm from Philly myself and let me say this should have been done a long time ago
"Mr. Gorbachov tear down those statues!"
And Trump's wall... when it is built... which is never.
Democracy may not be perfect, but we never need a wall to keep people in
Yeah because the statues are blocking people from being together you know they're definitely compared to a physical wall that separated people and spawn hatred absolutely you are right on removing those statues are exactly like removing a wall to ostracize people I can't believe the stupidity
It's a shame that a black man, who had two children had to die for those cities remove the stetues
Don't you mean millions?
@@ikillbigotswithglee2977 obviously, but that video of George being suffocated is rolling in entire world, and every single person is seeing what the police is capable to do when it threat about a black people. Uncountable has died but Floyd opened the eyes of the people
Finally, their still more to take down
Congratulations!👏👏👏
That statue should never have been there.
Rizzo should never have been there.
Yes to _equal_ law and order.
It took this to happen for them to take them down...just shows racism is very much alive and they knew it
the fact that this statue still remains in 2020 just shows how systemic racism in all levels of government. Unbelieveable
Nah the mayor doesn't want that history to be destroyed.
But it deserves to be destroyed!!!!! ✊✊✊✊✊
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Naysayer's think taking down these statues is erasing history... no, it's simply ceasing to glorify certain ugly parts of history.
@@CSGraves yeah but now glorifying them in private. In a safe place. Protected by people who said they were going to destroy it. So now their keeping it in safe keeping to be enjoyed in private.
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That music sounds like the wii theme joined a cult
About time!!! Need more of this
What about the legacy of prank phone calls? "Frank Rizzo! Open ya ears JACKASS"-The Jerky Boys
At the time I thought he was the good guy. Now I realize that was my youth and ignorance. I'm delighted to see his statue be taken down.
Let's take it to the recycling center to get $5.00 out of it. I need my morning beer!
Melt it down and make a statue of Will Smith. He's a real Philly legend.
Why couldn’t they have destroyed that instead of small businesses.
Whose they?
@@way2kool89 BLM protestors.
Edit: I was answering a suggestion to way2kool89's answer that it was BLM protestors when it wasn't as BLM doesn't have any link with the rioters and looters at all.
@@rickardkaufman3988 tf u talkin about? They're not BLM protestors, they're just filthy looters who are taking advantage of the protests. They're the ones who deserve to be shot down regardless of their race.
Rickard Kaufman protesters where never the ones looting though.
@@glorifiedtoasterwithlegs2294 I was answering way2look89's assumption that it was BLM protestors even though they aren't connected with the looters and rioters and the real people who removed this statue were the Philadelphia Coty Council.
I read Philadelphia as pedophelia lol what has quarantine done to me
Now tear down Rocky and replace them with a Joe Frazier statue..then we’re talking ..👊🏽
Well done Philadelphia! Edit: I had to look up what a mummer was lol.
🤔 How did a statue get there in the first place??? Erecting a statue takes the involvement of MANY people!!!
different times, different mindsets
Exactly, but back then news media’s where not all run by agenda demons. Today news media cares less about African Americans, all the news wants to do is divide everyone.
Many people of different color will be fooled into reliving hate by news media propaganda. Ask yourself, do these reporters not live large, they don’t live near you, they despise you. They are there to divide you through hate manipulation.
"This is Frank, Frank Rizzo open up your ears jackazz, I bought these tiles here and they're all Fuqing broken."
Whatever you do, don't touch the Lenin statue in Seattle. Lenin's brutality was just a form of protest people.
Only thing is he should have still been living to see it come down
I wonder if he knew he was white when his mom was pregnant, it’s literally just a skin tone difference i just dont get people with their racism, drop the statue to the bottom of the ocean.
James Bethel they should completely destroy it. Turn it into ashes.
Jerky Boy's always used his name in their pranks 😂😂😂
what about vandalised statue of Gandhi by this looters??
If you melt it down. That is some fine metal for a new Garbage Dumpster. Please put it by my house.
Wow Frank Rizzo was a character from the jerky boys, so I can't take this guy seriously at all
I can bench 350 lbs baby, let me talk to your fuqing boss.
That's one of the stupiest decisions ever. Firstly, you keep the statue there so you can be like 'Don't be like this guy' . Second , you don't erase those things from history , you let them exactly where they are so people can learn from their country's problematic past, not acting like it doesn't exist .
There's a person on earth that can only digest metal. Give the statue to him to eat, he'll have a feast.
I love how heartless people can be so terrible but since they climbed through the basic hierarchy of politics and maybe put some money into your community that he didn’t care about, he is now an icon and a legend. It’s scary how gullible humanity is.
is that plague inc music I hear in the background???
This guy looks like a stereotypical mafia goon from the movies
And his statue is black, ironic.
The narrator said his way or the highway haahah I laughed on that part
At 2:58, it sounds like he’s actually saying “political calculations” instead of “political copulations.” (Same difference, I suppose.) 😏
It was a step taken in the right direction. Idolizing a person who treat other peoples in degrading way for their personal reasons or for being themselves, must be condemned.
Thank God he didn't remove Rocky Statue
Racist landmarks should be removed. even Germany is ashamed of their racist past idk why Americans are so proud.
Frank was a hero.
Unbelievable.... this is happening with many monuments all over the country ❤️
It should have been there for a constant reminder of how a Mayor should never be and what inequality we still deal with because some will never see nor hear.
I'll never forget as a child seeing my brother be beat by Philly police for NO reason and them threatening to shoot my mother down "LIKE A PIG" to prevent her intervention
To all racists : statues is not the way to learn about history, its who you honor..
How completely horrible that a statue of that man was ever erected in the first place.
Yes please give them more reasons to be angry rather than help defuse the situation.
The fact they just now realizing it! 🤦🏽♂️
What a fair and balanced summation of the problematic issue of the statue and what it represented . We need more reporting like this : informational, well rounded, not dripping with personal opinion . Great work and great results. I hope this is just the beginning of civil leadership from you and your supporters !
Why do they put up these statues in the first place?
He looked like an extra from The Godfather.
Isn’t this sentence just as racist as that man?
Destruction of property solves .. nothing. Do it the legal way.
The protesters should have been tearing down statues around the country of these types of people. Washington DC is full of monuments of the worst individuals that the looters could have torn down and sell for scrap
It may be a small step, but it's a step in the right direction.
Cheers to the mayor for overcoming the political pressure and deciding on doing the right thing!
Today it was announced that the mural of him in South Philly will be replaced with a new mural
AHAHAaaaa Frank Rizzo he goes down with horrible chapter of the history book . 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hopefully someone who fought to gain notoriety on ''slavery'' in US soil is never have to be treated like an idol for people to admire and worship anymore. It is a blanket show of mockery on US value and principle.