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Opinion: He’s guarded over our square and didn’t provoke this crime

Downtown Gainesville's Old Joe statue is clean of graffiti Monday, June 1, 2020, after vandals painted the base of the monument the night before during protests downtown. - photo by Scott Rogers

06022020 OLDJOE 1.jpg — Downtown Gainesville's Old Joe statue is clean of graffiti Monday, June 1, 2020, after vandals painted the base of the monument the night before during protests downtown. - photo by Scott Rogers

I wish to report a crime against a most revered citizen of Gainesville. He is a person who happens to be a beautiful shade of bronze. He never served in the military but has represented countless Hall County veterans. He has been in Gainesville for over a century and a survivor of the tornado of 1936.