After Tampa Police Department charged Native American protestors with misdemeanors, a local Indigenous group will protest to demand that the charges be dropped. In November, TPD charged an Indigenous man with criminal mischief with less than $200 in damage after he attended a protest against Tampa’s Christopher Columbus statue on Oct. 15. At that protest, fake blood made of water and food coloring was thrown on the Columbus statue by several protestors. Shortly after CL reported about the charges against one of the men, another was charged with the same crime.
After Tampa Police Department charged Native American protestors with misdemeanors, a local Indigenous group will protest to demand that the charges be dropped. In November, TPD charged an Indigenous man with criminal mischief with less than $200 in damage after he attended a protest against Tampa’s Christopher Columbus statue on Oct. 15. At that protest, fake blood made of water and food coloring was thrown on the Columbus statue by several protestors. Shortly after CL reported about the charges against one of the men, another was charged with the same crime.