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October 4, 2021

George Floyd Memorial Statue Defaced in New York City
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In other news from New York, a statue honoring George Floyd was
vandalized Sunday - just two days after its unveiling ceremony. Police
footage shows an unidentified white man on a skateboard throwing gray
paint on the bronze statue. Floyd's sculpture is being displayed at
Union Square alongside two others honoring late Congressmember John
Lewis and Breonna Taylor. Busts of the three were created by artist
Chris Carnabuci. The statue of Floyd had previously been vandalized just
five days after it was first unveiled on Juneteenth in Flatbush,
Brooklyn. It was marked with a logo linked to the white supremacist
group Patriot Front.


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