Monument to the Black George Floyd, who recently appeared in New York, desecrated vandals: it smeared with black paint and caused the organization’s logo for a pedestal, which extremist is considered in the USA. It is reported by ABC 7.
Inscriptions that appeared on the pedestal point to the Patriotfront.us movement site (“Front Patriots”). The human rights organization Southern Poverty Law Center considers it a radical organization that combines supporters of the ideas of the White race superiority.
“This is disgusting and sad. But our movement will not stop. The statue is just an inanimate object that cannot protect yourself. Of course, I’m angry because of this. But the changes are already here, and they still do not stop them,” – So commented on the Kourtney Nelson, a representative of George Floyd’s relatives.
The incident is engaged in the local police department to combat hatred crimes. Investigators believe that they will be able to find vandals. It is reported that the bronze monument, open in honor of George Floyd in New Jersey, was defiled on the same night, according to some data, the same organization stood behind this.
The fact that Floyd, recognized by the victim of a police arbitrariness, was put on a monument in New York, it became known on June 19. The statue made from the thick sheets of bright plywood, opened with the participation of family members Floyd.
The appearance of both statues was timed to the holiday on June 19 (“Junetenth”) dedicated to freedom of slavery. A few days earlier, this date, which is celebrated in most states, made the official federal holiday.