Lightfoot later removed a lesser-known statue in the South Chicago neighborhood.Įnrico Mirabelli, attorney for the Italian Americans, said he believes Smyrniotis’ allegations strengthen his case. Nearly a week later, Lightfoot took down Columbus statues in Grant Park and Little Italy. Lightfoot has said she ordered the removal of Columbus statues after activists forcibly attempted to remove the prominent statue of Columbus in Grant Park, leading to violent clashes between police and protesters. The Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Park District last July asserting that the district violated a deal signed in 1973 to display the Columbus statue in Little Italy when it took down the statue in Summer 2020. The lawsuit by Smyrniotis is just the latest fallout over Lightfoot’s July 2020 decision to remove Columbus statues from Chicago’s public places. In response to a request for a statement, a Law Department spokeswoman said, “The city has not yet been served with a complaint and will have no further comment as the matter is now in litigation.” King has also since left the Park District. He resigned from the Park District last month, according to the lawsuit. Smyrniotis asserts the alleged comments defamed him by imputing that he lacked the ability to perform his job duties. “My d- is bigger than yours and the Italians, I have the biggest d- in Chicago.” You are out there stroking your d- over the Columbus statue, I am trying to keep Chicago police officers from being shot and you are trying to get them shot,” Lightfoot said, according to the complaint. “You make some kind of secret agreement with Italians.
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