 Ronnie Reese, Johnson's communications director, said the statue is just being removed from the hallway outside the mayor's office because we need to make major updates to the areas around City Hall. If people want to think whatever they can think, I can't stop them. But that's not our intent. We're just freshening up the space. Who asked for that? Who asked for that? You got a hundred freaking people shot over the Fourth of July weekend.