Police say six men took a sledgehammer to the statue. It was the second attack in as many weeks.
A screenshot from NYPD video of alleged perpetrators of vandalism outside a Hindu temple in Queens on August 3rd. In a subsequent attack August 16th, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was destroyed.A screenshot from NYPD video of alleged perpetrators of vandalism outside a Hindu temple in Queens on August 3rd. In a subsequent attack August 16th, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was destroyed.
But other local advocates said the motivation could also be political: the views of Gandhi, the anti-colonial nationalist leader who was assassinated in 1948, have come under increasing scrutiny in recent years, including his attitudes on race and gender, and his defense of the Indian caste system. “The bullet that took his life – it is continuing the emotional path of attempting to rip apart our communities,” Adams said. “Today, we stand together as Jews, Christians, members of Sikh communities, and all the other communities that are a part of us to say that bullet is not going to continue to rip us apart.”
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