On Friday morning, a crew removed the memorial to George Preston Marshall outside RFK Stadium in Washington D.C. after it was vandalized overnight.
Marshall was the founding owner of the Washington Redskins, a staunch segregationist and racist who refused to sign any Black players to the team until 1962, when the federal government forced his hand.
The words “change the name” had been painted in red on the front of the memorial, a reference to the offensive name Marshall gave the team in 1933 and which current owner Dan Snyder has fought to keep.