Law enforcement officials are investigating the origins of an edited photo that appeared to depict the Christopher Columbus that used to stand in New Haven’s Wooster Square holding the decapitated head of U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro.
The graphic image was removed by social media giants Facebook and Twitter and DeLauro condemned the photo as a product of the “culture of violence” she said President Donald Trump has created.
“This abhorrent photo depicts the beheading of a public official,” DeLauro said in a written statement Tuesday afternoon. "That is an incitement to violence, and law enforcement is reviewing it.