[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Chicago removed the controversial Columbus statue from Grant Park under cover of darkness early on Friday More than 2,000 gathered outside Mayor Lori Lightfoot's house in Logan Square Thursday night
- Chants turned from 'f*** CPD' to cheers of elation when the city's plans to remove the statue were announced
- The move was met with outrage from the Italian-American community who felt 'betrayed' by the mayor
- Sources said both the Grant Park and Little Italy figures would come down Thursday night but they remain up
- Chicago is gearing up for federal agents after President Trump threatened to send in hundreds of troops
- Trump warned Thursday night he will 'go into all of the cities' and could send in up to 60,000 federal troops
- Agents were also sent in to Seattle Thursday night, despite local officials saying they didn't want them there
- In Portland, protesters and feds faced off another night, as a judge banned agents from arresting journalists
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