There truly is no bottom

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(CNN) — A Jackie Robinson statue that was cut off at the ankles and stolen Thursday from a Little League baseball field in Wichita, Kansas, has been found in a trash can at a different park – burned and in pieces, police say.

Officers responded to a call Tuesday morning about a trash can fire in Garvey Park, Wichita Police Department spokesperson Andrew Ford said at a Tuesday news conference.

“Shortly after extinguishing the fire, the fire department saw what appeared to be pieces of the Jackie Robinson statue, which is not salvageable at this time,” Ford said at the news conference.

League 42, a nonprofit that provides low-cost baseball registration for children, had raised $50,000 for the life-sized statue at its field, according to CNN affiliate KLBY. The league was named after Robinson’s jersey number, honoring the legendary athlete who broke the Major League’s color barrier as a Black player. The theft occurred shortly after midnight Thursday, police have said.

The theft and arson remain under investigation. On Monday, police said they found a truck believed to be connected to the theft.

“There will be an arrest but we’re going to make sure that when we do, we will have a solid case,” Wichita Police Chief Joe Sullivan said Tuesday.

The statue “was a symbol of hope” in the community, Wichita City Council member Brandon Johnson told CNN on Sunday.

On Tuesday, Johnson described the discovery as “heartbreaking.”

“I hate to see that the statue was not in one piece,” he told reporters. “I do want everyone to know we are undeterred to make sure that statue gets rebuilt and put back there for our community, for League 42, for young people, that symbol of hope will be only gone for a short time.”

League 42 will move forward with creating a replica of the statue by the late James Parsons with the same material, director Bob Lutz said at the news conference.

“Fortunately, the mold from his work is still viable, and the statue that reappears at McAdams Park will be the work of John Parsons,” Lutz said.

A GoFundMe organized by Lutz has so far raised over $19,000 to replace the statue.

 

The GoFundMe is up to 156,000/175,000.  

https://www.gofundme.com/f/replace-our-stolen-jackie-robinson-statue

[TheRealRonWeaver? 1258]

[The Original Greaser Bob 2799]

I've always put the Rape of Nanking at the bottom but...

[RDCanecutter 26284]

May two new statues. One for the park, another for the perps to look at in prison.

[aggie08 21434]

Honestly, at this point, kind of on them for constructing a statue of a great black American in the middle of flyover country and not putting a security camera on it. It was bound to get torn down or used as target practice at some point.

[Neonmoon 38127]

Bottom? Unless they tortured and killed the player for being born with a different pigment, it doesn’t even reach scuba depth 

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13547]

Jackie Robinson is woke 

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11 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

Bottom? Unless they tortured and killed the player for being born with a different pigment, it doesn’t even reach scuba depth 

I wish this was the dark and cold bottom. But it’s not even salt water in your snorkel. Which isn’t to say this is ok, it’s to say our bottom is a lot worse and more harmful than this. 

[The Royal We 3066]

I just donated $42. They are now up to $170,500 raised.

[Js1 85114]

MLB could have done a nice thing and used some of their $10billion revenue to pay for a $19k statue for one of its greats.

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8 minutes ago, Js1 said:

MLB could have done a nice thing and used some of their $10billion revenue to pay for a $19k statue for one of its greats.

[Bullneck 18987]

Selling out the Ukrainians would be the bottom.  I think Trump already sold out the Kurds.

This is why the Israelis act as if they can't count on us if they ever really needed us.

[Brisketexan 104628]

Yeah....the destruction of a Jackie Robinson statue is just one of the horrific sights we get to rubberneck at as we plunge towards a bottom that does not exist.  It will get worse.  They'll start inflicting brutal harm on black and brown people soon.

Wait...what's that?  That is already happening?  El Paso WalMart?  Buffalo, NY grocery store?  Shit, I must have been looking at my phone when we plummeted by those sights.

We're just going to get more of this.  Lots more.  And remember this: many of your "friends and neighbors" aren't just going along with it, they fucking SUPPORT IT.

[RomaVicta 29794]

This is another instance of stochastic terrorism. There will be no official organization behind this act. If appearances are correct, this hateful bit of vandalism grew from the war on wokeism tolerance and awareness.

Tolerance isn't a lot to ask for in a civilized society. Awareness is far too painful for the tough-talking snowflakes of Trump's right.

[Brisketexan 104628]

Just now, RomaVicta said:

This is another instance of stochastic terrorism.

And this.  

If the modern MAGA leadership were called Imams, wore turbans, and instead of saying "we're Christians, preaching Christian things, praise Jesus," said "we're Muslim, preaching Muslim things, Allahu Akbar," and spurred the EXACT same actions we're seeing right now (attacks on Americans), we would have launched drone strikes on them long ago....to the cheering of the same fuckers who support MAGA.  MAGA is a terrorist organization, doing terrorist things, spurring on terrorist attacks and violence.

[RomaVicta 29794]

Mrs. Maga, I've just proved to you that Donald Trump is a rapist. How do you respond?

Making a point with them is like talking to someone in a sound-proof booth. 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33843]

there's at least one

[Redneck Mutha 7935]

16 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

Bottom? Unless they tortured and killed the player for being born with a different pigment, it doesn’t even reach scuba depth 

[Dutchrudder 11115]

Oh I thought this was going to be another Taylor Swift thread...