Harold Washington statue damaged on South Side

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Police said someone damaged a statue of former mayor Harold Washington


Police released this photo showing damage to a pedestal under the statue of the late Harold Washington.
(Chicago Police Dept. / January 20, 2013)















































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4:34 p.m. CST, January 20, 2013



















Police are looking for the people responsible for damaging and stealing a portion of a statue of late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington on the South Side.

A front panel which contained a metal description of the late mayor was removed and stolen from the pedestal below the statue, according to a community alert issued by police.

The statue was located in front of the Harold Washington Cultural Center on the 4700 block of South Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, police said.

The incident happened late Saturday. No information about the people who damaged the statute was available, police said.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Area Central Bureau of Detectives at (312) 747-8380.

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