The Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park used to be got rid of hours after Mayor Lori Lightfoot known as for its removing. Two cranes pulled as much as the statue simply ahead of 2 a.m. Friday, after hours of vocal confrontations between protesters and supporters of the statue, together with John Catanzara, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7. The determination to take down two monuments to Columbus got here after violent clashes between police and protesters broke out closing week when activists tried to rip down a statue of the Italian explorer in Grant Park. “This statue coming down is because of the effort of Black and Indigenous activists who know the true history of
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Why Grant Hill Believes Jayson Tatum Is ‘On His Way’ To Hall of Fame
Jayson Tatum dazzled during his rookie season with the Boston Celtics, and that was just the beginning for the 20-year-old forward. After his eye-opening rookie campaign that saw the Duke product lead the Celtics to within one game of the NBA Finals without Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward, the expectations for Tatum’s sophomore season, and his career, are sky-high. How high, you ask? Well, fellow Duke basketball alumni and Hall of Famer Grant Hill thinks the young star is on track to end up where Hill will be enshrined Friday — the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. “I think he’s on his way,”