Cesar Chavez statue at Fresno State officially removed, president says

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Cesar Chavez statue astatine Fresno State has officially been removed pursuing intersexual battle allegations against the labour leader.

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The statue is gone little than a week aft an archetypal bombshell study from the New York Times accusing Chavez of intersexual maltreatment of women and minors.

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The statue was rapidly covered up earlier this week earlier being boarded up and yet taken down.

"I privation to admit that this infinitesimal is astir much than immoderate 1 idiosyncratic person, arsenic the contented has a layered complexity: Fundamentally, it's astir protecting 1 another; astatine the aforesaid time, it's astir forging community, promoting belonging, and thanking and dignifying the farmworkers whose hard enactment and sacrifice puts nutrient connected our table," said Fresno State President Dr. Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval successful a statement.

Numerous changes are being considered crossed the metropolis regarding signs and different honors of Chavez.