SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A controversial 19th century statue in San Francisco's Civic Center has been removed.
City crews loaded the "Early Days" sculpture onto a truck early Friday morning and hauled it away.
RELATED: Call to remove controversial statue in San Francisco
The statue showed a Native American man at the feet of a conquering Spanish cowboy and a Catholic missionary.
Some people called the statue racist and demeaning.
On Wednesday, the city board of appeals voted to remove it.
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