A mural that honored the Black Lives Matter movement has come down from one of Philadelphia’s most important buildings, but efforts are underway to find it a more permanent home.
His four-year stint as commissioner was marked by both praise for crime-fighting and criticism for rights infringement. Though he is credited with hiring large numbers of African American officers and promoting several Black officers during his reign as commissioner, Rizzo’s tenure was also punctuated by some confrontations with African Americans.
Kenney had gone on record calling the statue “a deplorable monument to racism, bigotry, and police brutality for members of the Black community, the LGBTQ community, and many others,” and said the protests caused the city to speed up its removal.
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