Playing devil's advocate here, but would have they done differently with an other bust? maybe it's just forbidden to put a statue in a park without authorization.
Bonus points for a Vine of them covering it up while kids cry in the background.
"Anonymous benefactor donates $30k statue to city park"
That is the scary part, although not new. Is the authorities deeming information and political statements as dangerous and needing to be censored. Make sure more people don't hear about this and start asking questions like why do some people venerate as a here, this guy the government says is a traitor.
What? Wrong. That's just silly. Really it is.
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/petitions-call-for-...
Art comes in all forms, including the goat f*cking variety [2] but that's another dimension of this argument that you aren't arguing against so I won't delve into it here.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5lzZP36xVE
[2] http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20130419-the-shock-of-the-o...