Chicago reaches settlement over Christopher Columbus statue removal on Near West Side
ABC 7 Chicago
[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '3.919', 'text': 'While a judge still has to sign off on'}, {'start': '1.920', 'end': '5.839', 'text': 'the deal, plans are set to move the'}, {'start': '3.919', 'end': '8.000', 'text': 'Columbus statue that was here in a regal'}, {'start': '5.839', 'end': '11.080', 'text': 'park indoors, while another one could'}, {'start': '8.000', 'end': '14.480', 'text': 'return to where it was'}, {'start': '11.080', 'end': '16.240', 'text': "removed. 2020's summer of unrest led to"}, {'start': '14.480', 'end': '18.880', 'text': 'the removal of three Christopher'}, {'start': '16.240', 'end': '21.039', 'text': 'Columbus statues in Chicago. One of them'}, {'start': '18.880', 'end': '23.199', 'text': 'used to be here in Orgal Park on the'}, {'start': '21.039', 'end': '25.680', 'text': "city's near west side, becoming the"}, {'start': '23.199', 'end': '28.080', 'text': 'focus of a long-standing lawsuit due to'}, {'start': '25.680', 'end': '30.000', 'text': 'a 1968 agreement between the Chicago'}, {'start': '28.080', 'end': '32.239', 'text': 'Park District and the Joint Civic'}, {'start': '30.000', 'end': '35.200', 'text': 'Committee of Italian Americans. We had'}, {'start': '32.239', 'end': '37.920', 'text': 'the right to have a say if it was ever'}, {'start': '35.200', 'end': '40.480', 'text': 'um amended in any way. And that lawsuit'}, {'start': '37.920', 'end': '42.320', 'text': 'is ending nearly 5 years after former'}, {'start': '40.480', 'end': '44.559', 'text': 'Chicago Mayor Lori Lightoot had the'}, {'start': '42.320', 'end': '47.280', 'text': 'controversial statues taken down and put'}, {'start': '44.559', 'end': '48.960', 'text': 'in storage. Both sides now reaching an'}, {'start': '47.280', 'end': '51.559', 'text': 'agreement for the city to loan its'}, {'start': '48.960', 'end': '54.079', 'text': 'former Origal Park statue to the'}, {'start': '51.559', 'end': '55.840', 'text': 'JCCIA. It will soon be housed in this'}, {'start': '54.079', 'end': '58.160', 'text': "building that's being redeveloped into a"}, {'start': '55.840', 'end': '59.840', 'text': 'Chicago museum for Italian immigrants.'}, {'start': '58.160', 'end': '61.760', 'text': 'Now efforts are being focused on the'}, {'start': '59.840', 'end': '63.640', 'text': 'Columbus statue that was removed from'}, {'start': '61.760', 'end': '65.840', 'text': 'Grant Park. With this present'}, {'start': '63.640', 'end': '68.640', 'text': 'administration and their willingness to'}, {'start': '65.840', 'end': '70.880', 'text': "discuss the fate of these statues, I'm"}, {'start': '68.640', 'end': '73.200', 'text': 'confident about uh where that statue'}, {'start': '70.880', 'end': '75.520', 'text': "will land. That statue's possible return"}, {'start': '73.200', 'end': '77.439', 'text': 'to public display in Brent Park facing'}, {'start': '75.520', 'end': '78.960', 'text': 'criticism from some opposition groups'}, {'start': '77.439', 'end': '80.960', 'text': "like the Indigenous People's Day"}, {'start': '78.960', 'end': '83.360', 'text': "Coalition of Illinois. The group's"}, {'start': '80.960', 'end': '85.360', 'text': 'president, Les Beay, taking aim at Mayor'}, {'start': '83.360', 'end': '86.759', 'text': 'Brandon Johnson, calling on the city'}, {'start': '85.360', 'end': '89.520', 'text': 'leader to have dialogue with'}, {'start': '86.759', 'end': '91.439', 'text': 'organizations against the statues. I'}, {'start': '89.520', 'end': '93.520', 'text': "don't know how much how how involved he"}, {'start': '91.439', 'end': '96.640', 'text': "is with this negotiation, but it's"}, {'start': '93.520', 'end': '100.720', 'text': 'disappointing to me if he is considering'}, {'start': '96.640', 'end': '103.600', 'text': 'putting these back up after the advocacy'}, {'start': '100.720', 'end': '106.560', 'text': 'he had when he was cooking commissioner'}, {'start': '103.600', 'end': '108.240', 'text': "for indigenous people's day. We reached"}, {'start': '106.560', 'end': '109.759', 'text': "out to the mayor's office to respond to"}, {'start': '108.240', 'end': '111.920', 'text': 'those concerns, but have yet to hear'}, {'start': '109.759', 'end': '113.600', 'text': 'back. This is the Chicago Park District'}, {'start': '111.920', 'end': '115.600', 'text': 'says they plan to engage with the'}, {'start': '113.600', 'end': '118.240', 'text': 'community to find a statue replacement'}, {'start': '115.600', 'end': '120.079', 'text': 'here at Orgo Park. Anestie tells me he'}, {'start': '118.240', 'end': '122.560', 'text': 'wants it to be a statue honoring Mother'}, {'start': '120.079', 'end': '124.240', 'text': 'Cabrini, a patron saint who helped'}, {'start': '122.560', 'end': '126.560', 'text': 'Italian immigrants in this very'}, {'start': '124.240', 'end': '126.560', 'text': 'neighborhood.'}]