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Ohio art museum apologizes for Lego figure 'targeting' police station | |
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A central Ohio art museum has apologized after a visitor examining a Lego model of Columbus noticed it included a Lego figure with a gun pointing at the front door of the model police station. | A central Ohio art museum has apologized after a visitor examining a Lego model of Columbus noticed it included a Lego figure with a gun pointing at the front door of the model police station. |
It wasn’t part of the design for the exhibit at the Columbus Museum of Art, and it upset the Columbus firefighter who spotted it a week after two New York policemen were gunned down in their patrol car. | It wasn’t part of the design for the exhibit at the Columbus Museum of Art, and it upset the Columbus firefighter who spotted it a week after two New York policemen were gunned down in their patrol car. |
The museum and the club that designed the exhibit said the gunman figure would be immediately removed. | The museum and the club that designed the exhibit said the gunman figure would be immediately removed. |
It’s not clear how the figure got there. A museum spokeswoman, Nancy Colvin, told the Columbus Dispatch that it is possible the figure came from an area near the exhibit where visitors can create their own Lego structures. | It’s not clear how the figure got there. A museum spokeswoman, Nancy Colvin, told the Columbus Dispatch that it is possible the figure came from an area near the exhibit where visitors can create their own Lego structures. |
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