Controversial Ranger statue finds a new home at Globe Life Field, stirring a community reckoning

The Texas Rangers unveiled the One Riot, One Ranger statue at Globe Life Field, modeled on Jay Banks, a Ranger who helped block desegregation in 1956; its display rekindled outrage in Dallas–Fort Worth's Black community, with calls for its removal and questions about the Rangers’ ties to a painful civil rights era, while MLB and team officials offered limited commentary and community leaders plan discussions.