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Texas Rangers Install ‘One Riot, One Ranger’ Statue at Globe Life Field

The display has prompted calls for context about the Rangers’ history.

Texas Ranger Company Chief Scotty Shiver (center, left) and retired Chief Chance Collins unveiled the 12-foot-tall bronze statue, ‘One Riot, One Ranger’ on the left field plaza of Globe Life Field in Arlington.
The statue of a Texas Ranger, a fixture at Dallas Love Field airport since 1963, was removed from the airport by a crew from the city of Dallas in 2020. The decision was prompted by an excerpt from a book about the law enforcement agency’s nearly 200-year history, which includes episodes of police brutality and racism.  (Juan Figueroa/ The Dallas Morning News) 
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Overview

  • The 12-foot bronze piece now stands on the left-field concourse at Globe Life Field, greeting fans at the north entrance.
  • It was removed from Dallas Love Field in June 2020 after a book detailed brutality and racism in the Texas Rangers’ history.
  • Author Doug J. Swanson says the figure depicts Capt. Jay Banks tied to 1957 anti-integration deployments and he urges contextual signage.
  • Texas Ranger Association Foundation leader Russell S. Molina says the work represents all Rangers and acknowledges a history that must be confronted.
  • The addition becomes the ballpark’s seventh statue, as team owner Ray Davis underscores pride in the Ranger name since 1972 and notes the club has no Pride Night.