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Screenshot from the Instagram account of Revolutionary Organizing Against Racism (ROAR), which posted a photo of the toppled statue of Father Junipero Serra in the San Francisco Bay Area city of San Rafael. Serra, the 18th century Catholic priest who is credited with establishing the Franciscan missions that exist across California to this day, remains a controversial figure despite achieving sainthood in 2015, for his forced conversions and abusive treatment of indigenous people.

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