At a June 2020 public meeting in Sarasota, Florida about the placement of a copy of "Unconditional Surrender", a sculpture based on the historic photographs (cf. above), Kafi Benz of the local organization Friends of Seagate, noting that it was conveying a message about subjugation, referred to the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials related to subjugation (that was ongoing following the killing of George Floyd), identified that as one of several reasons the public art committee of Sarasota should recommend removal of the sculpture from public land in the city.