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Jackie Robinson statue cut down at the ankles, stolen from Wichita park

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WICHITA, Kan. -- A prized statue of Jackie Robinson was stolen from a public park in Kansas, spurring a police search Friday and outrage across the city of Wichita.

The statue honors the first player to break Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947. Surveillance video was released of two people hauling the sculpture away in the dark. Wichita police said in a Facebook post that it went missing Thursday morning

The statue was cut at the ankles to be removed. All that remained of the statue Friday were Robinson's feet.