The statue of Christopher Columbus which stands on a plinth in the heart of Boston has been controversial for years, like other Columbus statues across the US, and has been vandalized in the past. Boston police were alerted to the damage shortly after midnight on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, a spokesman told AFP. An investigation is underway but no one has been arrested, he added. A jogger running past the statue on Wednesday said she approved of the decapitation. “Coming out of the Black Lives Matter protests, I think it’s a good...