PHILADELPHIA -- A crane lifted a long-polarizing statue of former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo from its home outside a public building in the wee hours of Wednesday, whisking it away after recent ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Timothy J Lombardo, University of South Alabama (THE CONVERSATION) In August 2025, the ...

The bronze statue of Frank Rizzo, Philadelphia's polarizing former police commissioner and mayor, was defaced late Thursday with the words "Black Power" written in white spray paint. The vandal also ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A cast iron statue of former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo will be returned to the group that originally donated it, following a ruling Wednesday by the Philadelphia Art ...

The city of Philadelphia has agreed to return the Frank Rizzo statue to the Frank Rizzo Monument Committee. The statue of the former mayor and police commissioner was removed from public view at the ...

The bronze statue of controversial former Philadelphia mayor and former police commissioner Frank Rizzo was removed in the dark of night from its prominent location in the city’s municipal core. The ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Frank Rizzo statue has been vandalized again on Sunday. The Action Cam was on the scene after the word "Fascist" was written in white along the jacket section of the statue ...