Lori Lightfoot added to lawsuit over Columbus statue

Published January 28, 2022 7:45pm ET



Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was recently added to a lawsuit against the Chicago Park District for taking down a Columbus statue in the city in 2020.

Lightfoot was added to the Circuit Court of Cook County lawsuit because it’s “ultimately the mayor’s say” which statues must be taken down, the group that made the filing said. The lawsuit, which asks only that the statue be erected once again, was first filed by the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans last July against the Chicago Park District alleging that officials breached an agreement from 1973 to display the statue in Chicago’s Little Italy.

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