Last week a group of artists in NYC erected a statue on Edward Snowdon. The Snowden bust stood atop a column at the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park, a site built to honor more than 11,000 American prisoners of war who died aboard British ships during the American Revolutionary War.
The location was no coincidence.
Speaking to Mashable on the condition of anonymity, the artists said they chose the spot because it is "loaded with significance and meaning and reverence of others." It positions Snowden, they said, "as a continuation of a story that began at the beginning of this country" — one represented in the plight of the captured Americans.
"If you look at history, the people we honor with statues now — certainly the people rebelling against the British rules — were criminals one day," the artists told Mashable. "Now they're heroes."
"We’re wondering if on the long arc of time Snowden will be considered a hero, too."
This has really shown that this issue is still strong and something people support. It is good that this is still an issue and people want to raise awareness and get it as the topic to conversation again. Its really sad that it was taken down by 12 o'clock on the first day, however the media stories have spread and it did its job. Below is what was said about why they removed it.
"Parks and NYPD have removed the sculpture," the spokeswoman, Maeri Ferguson, confirmed to Mashable. "The erection of any unapproved structure or artwork in a city park is illegal," she said, referring further questions to the NYPD.
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