Statues have long been a way to honor leaders, benefactors, heroes and the war dead, giving them permanence and a three-dimensional presence.
Controversial statues are being removed amid worldwide civil rights protests, but there is some disagreement about what to do with them.
Not all agree that these historical representations should be taken down. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, memorials and statues, and has tweeted about jailing protesters for up to 10 years. In some cases, looters and vandals used the guise of peaceful protests to destroy property including statues dedicated to slave owners, Confederate leaders or other white men with controversial reputations. Many of those historical figures were prominent slaveholders and slave traders who acquired their fortunes through unpaid labor.
Erin Thompson, an art crime professor at the City University of New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said statues generally weren't created to foster goodwill, but as an intimidation tactic. Conversely, the statues of the country's founding fathers, who were also predominately slave holders withWisconsin's "Forward" statue lies in the street on Capitol Square in Madison, Wis., June 23, 2020.Emily Hamer/Wisconsin State Journal via AP
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