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☆ Pieces of Jackie Robinson Statue Are Found Burning in Kansas Park
  + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Aimee Ortiz | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
Parts of a life-size bronze statue that celebrated the legacy of the legendary baseball player and civil rights figure Jackie Robinson were found dismantled and burned early Tuesday after it had been stolen from a Kansas park last week, the authorities said. Remnants of the statue were found after a city worker reported a fire in a trash can at Garvey Park in Wichita at around 8:38 a.m., Andrew Ford, a police spokesman, said in a statement. The Wichita Fire Department responded and, “while assessing the damage, they found pieces of the Jackie Robinson statue that had been stolen.”The Fire Department immediately notified the police, who collected the pieces at the scene, he said, noting that “unfortunately, the statue is beyond repair.”
Persons: Jackie Robinson, Andrew Ford Organizations: Wichita Fire Department, Fire Department Locations: Kansas, Garvey, Wichita
☆ Burned Remnants of Prized Jackie Robinson Statue Found After Theft From Public Park in Kansas
  + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Associated Press | Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +3 min
Fire crews found the burned remnants Tuesday of a prized bronze statue of Jackie Robinson that was stolen last week from a public park in Kansas, authorities said. The statue, which was cut at the figure's ankles, went missing Thursday morning. Surveillance video shows two people hauling the sculpture away in the dark, to a truck that was later found abandoned. He said the mold is still viable and anticipated that a replacement could be erected within a matter of months. “This now lets us know that we need a new statue,” he said of the destroyed remains.
Persons: Jackie Robinson, Andrew Ford, ”, Bob Lutz, “, it's, Joe Sullivan, ” Robinson, He’s, Lutz, John Parsons, “ I'm, McAdams, Brandon Johnson Organizations: Little League, ”, Robinson’s Dodgers, league, Wichita, Kansas City Monarchs, Negro Leagues, Brooklyn Dodgers Locations: Kansas, Wichita, Garvey, McAdams
☆ Statue of Jackie Robinson Stolen From Kansas Park
  + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Aimee Ortiz | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
The authorities in Kansas are searching for the vandals who stole a life-size bronze statue commemorating Jackie Robinson, the first Black Major League Baseball player, after they cut it off at the ankles, leaving behind just the statue’s shoes and base. The police in Wichita were notified of the theft around 12:50 p.m. on Thursday after getting a call from League 42, the Little League nonprofit that installed the statue in McAdams Park, Andrew Ford, a police spokesman, said on Saturday. He estimated that the statue weighed at least 100 pounds. “I don’t know what the motivation is,” Mr. Ford said. “All considerations are being looked into.”Image The police in Wichita, Kan., said the bronze statue was removed from McAdams Park by thieves who used a truck.
Persons: Jackie Robinson, Andrew Ford, ” Mr, Ford, McAdams Organizations: Black Major League Baseball, League, Little League, Wichita Police Department Locations: Kansas, Wichita, McAdams, Kan
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