Workers removed the statue early Wednesday of controversial former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo, which was recently defaced during a protest following George Floyd’s death.
As National Guard troops deployed in the wake of recent protests watched, a crane lifted the 10-foot-tall (3-meter-tall) bronze statue and workers shook it from its stand outside the Municipal Services Building, across from City Hall. It was loaded onto the back of a truck.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said he “never liked” the statue Monday and announced a plan to move the statue later this month.
“I can’t wait to see it go away,” Kenney said.