A ceramic bust of Breonna Taylor, which was installed near Oakland’s City Hall two weeks ago by a sculptor named Leo Carson, has been destroyed, CBS News reported.
Its artist, who was working as a food server before the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the industry, said the apparent act of vandalism is an attack against the Black Lives Matter movement.
“Looks like they hit it with a baseball bat along the back,” Carson said. “I don’t think there’s a single person in Oakland who doesn’t know who Breonna Taylor is, and I don’t think you attack a sculpture like that by accident. And I think that it was an act of racism and an act of aggression and intimidation.”
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But the sculptor plans to rebuild the bust for the EMT who was killed by police in her home in Louisville, Kentucky, in March.
The Bay Area man said he spent months working on the artwork installed at Latham Square in Downtown Oakland and it was beautiful to see people admiring the monument.
“It was incredible to see the community and neighbors taking photos and enjoying it,” he wrote. “Now I am devastated and enraged to see it in pieces. This was an act of racist aggression and we need to show them we will not stand for it.”
Source: Breonna Taylor Bust Installed In Oakland Two Weeks Ago Damaged In Apparent Act Of Vandalism
