(Photo Credits: Mark Lennihan)
By Juan Ignacio Chavez
On Monday, a white man in a black baseball cap approached the Black Lives Matter mural near the Trump Tower and splattered red paint over the letter “V“. A bystander got to make a video and shared it with the community.
The Black Lives Matter mural was painted in front of the Trump Tower last week in order to send a message to the authorities. In response, President Donald Trump has called BLM movement a “symbol of hate“.
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After the mural was restored, Mayor Bill de Blasio addressed the incident on Twitter. “To whoever vandalized our mural on 5th Avenue: nice try. @NYC_DOT has already fixed it.”
In recent years Black Lives Matter movement has become a global organization that combats racism and police brutality. Since the death of George Floyd and the intensification of protests, several murals have been vandalized across the country. According to local station WABC, New York City police are still looking for the person responsible.
