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This is a police report for the bombed "Thinker."

Rodin statue, titled, "The Thinker" was bought by Ralph T. King in 1917. It was given to the Cleveland Museum of Art and was originally held in the Rotunda. Whiting, who was the Museum's first director, thought that the statue would not receive…

The bombing of the statue happened on March 24, 1970. The culprit was never caught. It has been suspected that the bombing was done by a radical group protesting the Vietnam War. Between 1969 to 1970, there were over 200 bombings. The statue was…