A statue of baseball legend Jackie Robinson stolen from a Kansas park was found dismantled and burned in a trash can fire Tuesday morning in what authorities called a “disgraceful” act, as the search for the perpetrators continues.
The statue was taken from McAdams Park in Wichita last week. Surveillance video captured individuals entering Jackie Robinson Pavilion around midremovedht on Thursday, removing the statue and placing it in a pickup truck. They cut off the statue at the ankles, leaving behind only Robinson’s feet, with damages estimated to be around $75,000.
Around 8:38 a.m. local time on Tuesday, the Wichita Fire Department responded to a report of a trash can fire at Garvey Park, according to Wichita police spokesperson Andrew Ford.
After extinguishing the fire, they found what appeared to be pieces of the Robinson statue, “which is not salvageable at this time,” Ford told reporters during a press briefing Tuesday.
The Wichita Fire Department is investigating the arson, while police continue to investigate the theft, Ford said.
They could leave the cut-off shoes from the old statue right next to the brand new one, just to remind people it’s an ongoing issue.
While it is reasonable to jump to racism as the cause, we can’t rule out idiots being idiots.
What value does this comment have? We also can’t rule out aliens or the ghost of Ty Cobb… But the preponderance of REALITY in the modern world points to the likely motivation here.
Plus racism is people being idiots.
Say what you will about Ty Cobb and his evil and malice filled ghost, but he wouldn’t do this.