Santa Fe, October 2020

The streets were empty; the town silent. Tourists and artisans nowhere to be found. Shops, restaurants, galleries, and churches were dark, empty, and locked up tight. Families were confined to their homes, ordered to social distance and avoid gatherings of all kinds. Businesses deemed “non-essential” forced to close by order of the governor. But while the city — and the world — was under lock down for a deadly plague, mob “justice” was given a pass.

On October 12 th — Indigenous People’s Day — dozens of activists converged on Santa Fe’s historic Plaza armed with ropes, chains, and spray paint, and toppled the…

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