NYC police probe defaced Megan Rapinoe posters as possible hate crime
NEW YORK — New York City police say they are investigating after posters featuring U.S women's soccer team player Megan Rapinoe were defaced with derogatory slurs.
Police said Wednesday the vandalism, which was discovered inside the Bryant Park subway station in midtown Manhattan on Monday, was being investigated as a possible hate crime. The posters have since been scrubbed clean.The soccer team was honored with a ticker tape parade Wednesday up New York City's Canyon of Heroes for winning the World Cup.
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