Refusing cancelation! Italian groups sue Philadelphia for toppling statue of former mayor Frank Rizzo, barricading Columbus monument and replacing explorer s holiday with Indigenous People s Day
A group of prominent Italian-Americans are suing the city of Philadelphia and Mayor Jim Kenney, alleging systemic discrimination against them
The lawsuit accuse the Mayor Kenney has shown a long pattern of discrimination against Italian Americans
It cites the removal of a statue of former Mayor and Police Commissioner Frank Rizzo, and attempted removal of a Christopher Columbus statue
Mayor Kenney had sewed racial division by replacing Columbus Day with an Indigenous Peoples Day, they claim