OREANDA-NEWS. Miami police detained seven people on suspicion of vandalism and desecration of monuments during protests on Wednesday. This was reported in a press release published on Thursday on the official law enforcement page on Twitter.

It is noted that we are talking about monuments to the navigator Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) and the Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leone (c. 1460-1521), who discovered Florida. At the moment, the police continues to search for other protesters who participated in acts of vandalism. The release also stated that the police support peaceful demonstrations, but will not tolerate those who intend to use protests to riot, damage property or threaten civilians or police officers.

On Wednesday, a group of demonstrators in Richmond dropped a statue of Christopher Columbus into the lake, which indigenous people call the "colonizer" and "killer".