Hungary is getting a mini Statue of Liberty, with a Black Lives Matter theme

The World

A planned art installation of the Statue of Liberty dedicated to the theme of Black Lives Matter is causing an uproar in Budapest. The statue is small —  just three feet high. But it’s proving to be controversial, as The World’s Europe Correspondent Orla Barry reports.

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