Jackie Robinson statue was stolen from a Kansas park
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January 26, 2024
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A prized statue of Jackie Robinson was stolen from a public park in Kansas, spurring a police search Friday and outrage across the city of Wichita.
The statue honors the first player to break Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947. Surveillance video was released of two people hauling the sculpture away in the dark. Wichita police said in a Facebook post that it went missing Thursday morning.
The statue was cut at the ankles to be removed. All that remained of the statue Friday were Robinson's feet.
"I'm frustrated by the actions of those individuals who had the aud...
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