The meme, and its variations, became popular on Facebook, with those sharing it suggesting that if the Rizzo statue comes down, the Rocky statue should be next, implying that liberals are pushing ...

PHILADELPHIA — The Frank Rizzo statue, as embattled as the figure it commemorates, was removed in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The perpetual protest magnet and 10-foot likeness of the ...

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Frank Rizzo Statue Is Removed In Philadelphia: 'It Is Finally Gone,' Mayor Says On Wednesday, the City of Brotherly Love takes down a memorial to a former mayor and police commissioner who ...

The 10-foot-tall bronze statue of controversial former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo was removed from the front steps of the Municipal Services Building in Center City early Wednesday morning ...

Philadelphia removes statue of controversial former mayor Frank Rizzo 01:46. The Frank Rizzo statue in Philadelphia's Center City was removed overnight, CBS Philly reports.

Deandra Jefferson, with Philly for REAL Justice, has been fighting to remove the statue since 2017 when her group launched the “Frank Rizzo Down” campaign. Jefferson said placing the statue across the ...

Frank Rizzo became the police commissioner in 1967 and served two terms as mayor, from 1972 to 1980. As police commissioner, he rounded up gay people late at night and forced members of the Black ...

This may not be an issue for which compromise is possible, Lombardo said. Rizzo opponents want the statue removed, not just shifted to a South Philadelphia that is demographically quite different from ...