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<blockquote data-quote="rod" data-source="post: 4905898" data-attributes="member: 5382">A statue of <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/topic/george-floyd" target="_blank">George Floyd</a> was vandalized in Brooklyn, New York on Thursday, one day before the sentencing of <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/topic/derek-chauvin" target="_blank">Derek Chauvin</a>.The 6-foot statue was unveiled at 1545 Flatbush Ave. as part of the Juneteenth celebration over the weekend.According to police, Floyd&#039;s face and the inscription were spraypainted black. The words &quot;Patriot Front&quot; were sprayed in white over the gold lettering on the side of the statue.Patriot Front is the name of a white nationalist, white supremacist group founded in 2017 by members who split from Vanguard America following the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.The police believe the vandalism occurred after 3 a.m. on Thursday, but the graffiti was not discovered until 7:20 a.m., police said.The <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/topic/nypd" target="_blank">NYPD</a>&#039;s Hate Crimes Task Force announced via <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/topic/twitter" target="_blank">Twitter</a> they were investigating the defacement as a possible hate crime. The New York Daily News reported the NYPD&#039;s Racial and Ethically Motivated Extremism unit was also on the case.A 6 foot high statue of this thugs head?&nbsp; LMAO</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rod, post: 4905898, member: 5382"] A statue of [URL='https://www.newsweek.com/topic/george-floyd']George Floyd[/URL] was vandalized in Brooklyn, New York on Thursday, one day before the sentencing of [URL='https://www.newsweek.com/topic/derek-chauvin']Derek Chauvin[/URL]. The 6-foot statue was unveiled at 1545 Flatbush Ave. as part of the Juneteenth celebration over the weekend. According to police, Floyd's face and the inscription were spraypainted black. The words "Patriot Front" were sprayed in white over the gold lettering on the side of the statue. Patriot Front is the name of a white nationalist, white supremacist group founded in 2017 by members who split from Vanguard America following the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The police believe the vandalism occurred after 3 a.m. on Thursday, but the graffiti was not discovered until 7:20 a.m., police said. The [URL='https://www.newsweek.com/topic/nypd']NYPD[/URL]'s Hate Crimes Task Force announced via [URL='https://www.newsweek.com/topic/twitter']Twitter[/URL] they were investigating the defacement as a possible hate crime. [I]The New York Daily News[/I] reported the NYPD's Racial and Ethically Motivated Extremism unit was also on the case. [B]A 6 foot high statue of this thugs head? LMAO[/B] [/QUOTE]

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