NO RESPECT

Police memorial to 9/11 DECAPITATED after Plymouth Rock defaced ahead of 400th Mayflower anniversary

A POLICE memorial to 9/11 was decapitated after vandalism of other historic landmarks in Massachusetts ahead of the 400th Mayflower anniversary.

The vandalism, discovered on Sunday, comes less than a week after Plymouth Rock was defaced with graffiti, but its unknown if the two incidents are related.

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A police officer statue was beheaded and knocked to the groundCredit: Plymouth Fire Department
tweeted Monday: "This morning, a contingent of over 25 Plymouth Fire Local 1768 members were on scene to repair our 9/11 memorial that was desecrated by vandals.

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: "Despite these senseless and despicable acts, our community has shown once again that the people of Plymouth will rally behind one another to do what is right.

"I am so proud of our firefighters who took the time to not only fix the damage that was done to our Sept. 11 memorial, but to give the site a needed face lift with fresh mulch and new American flags."

Ken Devora, of the Board of Selectmen, told that the vandalism was: ";Completely uncalled for. I acquaint it with damaging a cemetery."

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