Davis CA Gandhi statue vandalized(We know he was gay,non-violent,anti-black..
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01/30/2021, 01:03:09

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..I read he slept with naked women,including his niece to test his resistence against hetero-temptation..)

https://www.davisenterprise.com/news/local/gandhi-statue-toppled-defaced-and-removed/

The statue in Davis’ Central Park of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the Indian independence leader, was found Wednesday morning toppled and lying on the grass next to its plinth. Emily Hill/Courtesy photo

Gandhi statue toppled, defaced and removed

By Caleb Hampton

The statue in Davis’ Central Park of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the Indian lawyer and independence leader, was found Wednesday morning toppled and lying on the grass next to its plinth. The 6-foot-tall, 950-pound bronze likeness appeared to have been sawed off at the ankles and half its face was severed and missing.

The statue was found after a night when wind and heavy rainfall knocked out power in much of downtown Davis. “City staff discovered vandalism to the statue of Gandhi in Central Park this morning while surveying storm damage,” Davis City Councilman Lucas Frerichs wrote Wednesday night in a Facebook comment. “The statue is being removed and will be stored in a safe place until it can be evaluated.”

The statue provoked controversy and conflict from the moment the city acquired it, with community groups opposing it even before its installation. Donated in 2015 by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations, the statue was unanimously approved by the City Council and set to be erected in Central Park.

After this approval, however, locals and members of the Organization for Minorities of India — a Lathrop, Calif.-based group — voiced opposition to it. In August 2016, opponents of the statue traveled from Antioch, Mendocino, Yuba City, Sacramento and Elk Grove to attend a Davis City Council vote on a motion to reconsider the statue......

Critics of the statue argued that, despite his achievements, Gandhi had character flaws so reprehensible that he should not be memorialized in a public park. “It is undisputed that Gandhi was a hero to many,” Sacramento businessman Amar Shergill said at the meeting. “He was also a bigot and predator of members of his own family.”

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