'Black Lives' mural outside Trump Tower defaced for 3rd time
Source: Associated Press
Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press
Updated 5:34 pm CDT, Saturday, July 18, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — A “Black Lives Matter” mural painted on the street in front of President Donald Trump's namesake New York City tower has quickly become a target for vandalism, defaced with bucketfuls of paint three times in less than a week.
In the latest incident, two women were arrested around 3 p.m. Saturday after police said they poured black paint on the block-long mural outside Trump Tower on Manhattan’s chic Fifth Avenue.
Bystander video showed police officers surrounding one of the women as she rubbed the paint on the mural's bright yellow letters and screamed: “they don't care about Black lives” and “refund the police."
One of the officers slipped on the paint and tumbled to the ground, sustaining injuries to his head and arm, police said. He was listed in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Black-Lives-Matter-mural-outside-Trump-Tower-15417807.php
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