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Police have set up barricades and are guarding statues of Christopher Columbus in New York City.
This comes after statues of Columbus across the country have been vandalized by protestors or removed by city officials as monuments to Confederates and other historical figures who repressed or oppressed other people are being dismantled across the country.
Both New York governor Andrew Cuomo and mayor Bill de Blasio, both of Italian descent like Columbus, have voiced support for allowing the statues to remain.
There has long been debate across the nation over the explorer's legacy, with some calling him a symbol of the conquest and subjugation of indigenous people.
The removal of such monuments follows weeks of global protests over the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police on May 2

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