Abraham Lincoln statues

[David Lockmiller]

(12-30-2020 09:30 AM)David Lockmiller Wrote:  

(12-29-2020 08:23 PM)David Lockmiller Wrote:  A statue of Abraham Lincoln was vandalized in San Francisco as a school district committee pushes for the renaming of Lincoln High School and others, authorities said.

Deputies responded to a call about the incident at 12:55 p.m. Saturday, the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department told McClatchy News in an email. The suspect had fled before deputies arrived, according to the department.

The statue has been restored and deputies are still investigating.

Lincoln statue vandalized amid calls to rename namesake school, California cops say - Sacramento Bee by BROOKE WOLFORD, DECEMBER 28, 2020

The following story was posted online on Sunday, December 27, 2020 [the day after the damage to the Lincoln statue] by Christopher Beale, a journalist based in San Francisco, who is mentioned in the Sacramento Bee story referred to above. The reporter seems to have been well-prepared to do this "unexpected" story. He also took photographs of the damage done to the Lincoln statue for the article. It does seem a little odd that he just happened to be walking by San Francisco City Hall on the Sunday morning following the damage done to the Lincoln statue around noon on the previous day.

Abraham Lincoln’s Bloody Statue & Legacy
Christopher J. Beale
Dec 27, 2020

The article's first paragraph reads as follows:

"I was walking by City Hall Sunday morning when I saw it — the statue of the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln had its face painted red. The letters of his last name were also painted red. As of yet, we don’t know who vandalized the statue, but history may give us a clue as to why."

The Sacramento Bee article also had a copy of a relevant Tweet Christopher Beale had made on December 27 which reads as follows:

"Why is Lincoln in #SanFrancisco 'bloody' today?

It has to do with his role in the largest mass execution in US history. A story that we were not taught in school."

For a reporter, Christopher Beale seems to be very opinionated regarding the role of President Abraham Lincoln in the "Dakota 38" controversy, but not very knowledgeable.