FOX 29's Lauren Johnson has more. PHILADELPHIA - The controversial statue of former Philadelphia mayor and police commissioner Frank Rizzo has been removed from the plaza of the Municipal Services Building.
Crews worked during the early morning hours Wednesday to uproot the polarizing statue. The statue was lifted with a crane and hauled away in the back of a truck.
No word where the statue will be headed. The often-vandalized statue of Rizzo was the target of demonstrators during Saturday's chaotic events.
Protesters tried to topple the statue but it would not budge. A small fire was lit underneath the defaced statue. MORE: Krasner: Frank Rizzo statue 'should have never been erected' due to 'racist' history Philadelphia District Attorney