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Frank Rizzo mural. Samantha Laub/AL DÍA News 
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"The General" and “Killer Cop” Defaced on Italian Market Mural
By Mónica Marie Zorrilla

Another day, another controversial Rizzo monument vandalized in Philadelphia. Ralliers, both those in favor and those against the notoriously corrosive and prejudiced former police commissioner and Mayor, were set to protest today. One is set to occur at 4PM today, while the other, comprised of Rizzo's devotees, has been shut down by the City. 

 
Frank Rizzo statue. Samantha Laub/AL DÍA News
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The Legacy of Rizzo: Does He Deserve to be Commemorated in Bronze?

“El General” y “Policía Asesino” es desfigurado en el mural del mercado italiano

by Yamily Habib
 08/22/2017 - 09:31
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Mural de Frank Rizzo. Samantha Laub/AL DÍA News

Un nuevo día, un nuevo monumento al polémico Rizzo vandalizado en Filadelfia. Manifestantes de ambos bandos, a favor y en contra de este controvertido y corrosivo ex alcalde y comisario de policía de la ciudad, han sido convocados hoy para protestar frente a su estatua. Una de las manifestaciones tendrá lugar hoy lunes a las 4PM, mientras que la otra, convocada por los seguidores de Rizzo, ha sido denegada por el Ayuntamiento.

 
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Mónica Marie Zorrilla

"The General" and “Killer Cop” Defaced on Italian Market Mural

by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
 08/21/2017 - 12:20
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Frank Rizzo mural. Samantha Laub/AL DÍA News 

Another day, another controversial Rizzo monument vandalized in Philadelphia. Ralliers, both those in favor and those against the notoriously corrosive and prejudiced former police commissioner and Mayor, were set to protest today. One is set to occur at 4PM today, while the other, comprised of Rizzo's devotees, has been shut down by the City. 

 
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Mónica Marie Zorrilla

El legado de Rizzo: ¿se merece una estatua?

by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
 08/18/2017 - 10:31
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Frank Rizzo as mayor in 1977. Photo courtesy Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Originally published on VICE. 

El futuro de la estatua del polémico ex comisario de policía y alcalde Frank Rizzo está en el banquillo, especialmente después de las manifestaciones de la semana pasada en Charlottesville, Virginia, que empezaron como una protesta en contra de la retirada de un monumento al general Confederado Robert E. Lee.

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Mónica Marie Zorrilla

The Legacy of Rizzo: Does He Deserve to be Commemorated in Bronze?

by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
 08/18/2017 - 10:25
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Frank Rizzo statue. Samantha Laub/AL DÍA News

The future of a statue in the likeness of highly contentious former police commissioner and mayor Frank Rizzo is on the fritz, particularly after this past week’s rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia which began as a protest to keep a memorial to Confederate General Robert E. Lee from being removed.

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Mónica Marie Zorrilla