Texas Ranger 2023 group calls for return of Ranger statue at Dallas airport

Texas RIn anger 2023, Chairman Russell promised in an interview that the 12-foot-tall chairman would be returning to power on Friday. Brass sculpture Texas Ranger Captain Jay Banks welcoming air travelers at Dallas Love Field From 1961 to 2020

“We’re putting it back up,” Texas Rangers 2023 Chairman Russell Molina On Podcast The Sara Carter Show. “And it’s gonna go back up in a public place.”

Texas Ranger 2023 A committee or alliance of agencies that organizes the bicentennial commemoration celebrations for the Texas Rangers.

“You can’t have a conversation about Texas without the Rangers being in it,” Molina told podcast host Sara Carter.

MONUMENT OF HARRIET TUBMAN REMOVES COLUMBUS STATUS FROM NEW JERSEY

The statue shows Texas Ranger Jay Banks, with the words “One Riot. One Ranger” On the base.

Officials at the airport decided to remove the statue in 2020 following the publication of the book. Cult of Glory: A Bold and Terrible History of the Texas Rangers Doug J. Swanson published the book, raising concerns about Ranger Banks’ alleged racist past. The book also examined police brutality. racism For black people Mexicans Texas

“Jay Banks was involved in efforts in 1957 to keep black children out of a white school,” Swanson stated that he was narrating the story to a Dallas television audience.