The statue of columbus defaced and vandalized. Reaction. Kids right here. Tense moments for a film crew shooting a scene for their tv show. Tonight why officers drew their guns on them. You have to pay for what you did. Sooner or later. A mothers message to her sons killer. Tonight, the calls for justice for two men gunned down nearly a year ago. Good evening. We begin tonight with San Franciscos columbus ue deced onthe eve of the holiday. Kpix 5s joe vazquez where crews are cleaning up. Reporter the statue of columbus is back to normal now with the help of Power Washing after it was vandalized overnight. City workers spent the day removing the paint on Christopher Columbus that covered the statue that lies that base of the tower. The paint was fresh this morning so they believe it happened last night or early this morning. Someone defaced the monument with red paint. And messages on the base that said destroy all monuments of genocide and kill all colonizers. All this on the day thous
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Government well blocking his reforms 72 hours to find a solution at least 2 people have died during the demonstrations Stephanie Decker reports from beirut for i for a 2nd day and night thousands filled the streets of beirut calling for the government to go. For the 1st time on such a large scale its not about where your religion says lie in this deeply divided sectarian country its not about class all walks of life are united against the Political Leadership here today thats what the rights of that country its what i meant by that but you know number that i mean why fed up with its value for the future. Theres no future for no job and im not acceptable anymore and we have stood up for a long time and now its time to turn protesters blocked all major roads bringing large parts of the capital to a standstill they remained on the streets well into the night the army used tear gas and water cannon to try to disperse the crowd. The army has said that it will from now on come down harder on
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