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Northern California statue of meat-packing magnate beheaded

The head of the Charles Swanston statue rests on the ground near a bush in William Land Park on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022, in Sacramento, Calif., the day after it was believed to have been vandalized. The statute of a 19th-century Northern California meat-packing magnate was beheaded earlier this week. (Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee via AP) The historic statue of Charles Swanston, its head recently decapitated, stands in William Land Park on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022, in Sacramento, Calif. The statute of a 19th-century Northern California meat-packing magnate was beheaded earlier this week. (Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee via AP)
Northern California statue of meat-packing magnate beheaded