George Floyd statue defaced with black paint by some white nationalists

 

The George Floyd statue has been defaced with black paint five days after it went up

George Floyd statue defaced  with black paint by a white nationalist hate group

By Edward Era Barbacena

Brooklynites celebrate the unveiling of a George Floyd statue in East Flatbush, Brooklyn during a Juneteenth commemoration on June 19, 2021.

Brooklynites celebrate the unveiling of a bust of George Floyd in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, during a Juneteenth commemoration on June 19, 2021.

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The George Floyd statue — which was unveiled in Brooklyn last week during a Juneteenth celebration — was defaced overnight with white nationalist graffiti, police said Thursday.

The 6-foot-tall bust at 1575 Flatbush Ave. in East Flatbush was found Thursday morning with the phrase “Patriot Front” painted over the inscription, according to the NYPD.  The statue of George Floyd in Newark was also defaced with white supremacist grafiti.

Black paint was also found smeared across the bust, a photo of the graffiti shows.  

“That crime is currently being investigated by our Hate Crimes Task Force,” Chief of Department Rodney Harrison said, adding that cops were doing an “extensive video canvass.”

Cops believe the graffiti was done between 3 and 7 a.m.

Patriot Front is a white nationalist hate group that formed after the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Earlier this month, a George Floyd mural in Philadelphia was also defaced with the white supremacist, neo-fascist group’s name, according to local reports.