Colombo didn't commit any atrocities personally. He sailed over. Looked around. Sailed back. Brought more Spanish with him. They imprisoned him. Took him back and he never came over again. Put blame where it is due. It's an insult to the man's legacy to lie about him. And a slap in the face to Italians to wrongfully accuse him of something. Nothing new to us but we have to speak up. Read some books. Look at the true history. Natives were bulldozed. But not by Italians or Columbus.
Have you looked at the history yourself? Columbus has been accused of plenty of atrocities, a lot of which were found out through his own men's journals. Him and his men routinely cut hands off people, raped women, killed people, etc. Thousands were killed while he was Colonial Governor of Hispaniola, and thousands more fled and killed themselves to avoid subjugation by Columbus' men. Where are you getting that he never did any of this? He also did return to Hispaniola after he got out of jail but was denied port so it wasn't for lack of trying.
It's interesting to me how most of the posters in here that are so adamant that Columbus was the greatest guy around barely know the history at all.
