Seward Johnson’s sculpture “Double Check” has sat in Liberty Park, near Ground Zero, since 1982. The statue is of a businessman double-checking to see if he has everything in his suitcase. But it is more than just a random piece of art in the minds of millions of Americans.
After the attacks of September 11, 2001, Double Check survived the chaos. It was photographed that day, covered in ashes, reminiscent of the thousands that had fled for their lives, commemorating those who had lost theirs:
To many it is a national treasure; a reminder of what was and what we have lost. However, to members of the Occupy Wall Street "movement," it is merely a piece of capitalist propaganda that must be attacked.
Thus, the state that commemorates an iconic day in the lives of hundreds of millions of Americans had garbage dumped all over it. On the "businessman's" head was attached a bandana and a mask:
There are some things that are more than voicing your free speech. Standing in a pile of hippies and shouting is part of free speech. Even complaining about capitalism while profiting from it is part of the First Amendment. But defacing something that commemorates the death of 3,000 Americans? That's just disgusting.
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Update #2- Someone defending this said it was only "one individual" doing this. Yeah, this picture really looks like one person:
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