The statue of Floyd had been on display in Brooklyn, where it was also defaced. The piece was unveiled there on Juneteenth. Five days later, on June 24,A sculpture of George Floyd was vandalized over the weekend after its unveiling."I heard the news about the vandalism. I was so proud that I got word that Flatbush held it down. They really supported us, looked out for the statue, looked out for the spirit of my brother," Floyd's brother Terrence said at time.
Confront Art, the group behind the statue, said people spent hours cleaning the paint off by hand and with toothbrushes.
Looks like Floyd isnt done being a martyr for racisim.
Take it down! It honors a convicted felon & drug addict who happened to run into a rogue cop after committing a felony. Meanwhile the children who have been butchered in Chicago & elsewhere go unnamed. No compensation for their parents, only grief. No statues for them.
And then white people wonder why black people riot, loot and burn. Pathetic.
Wow, who saw this coming?.......................everybody.
The hate that exists in this country is so problematic.
WTAF is wrong with people🤬
There is no room for people of color in democracy. White supremacy is the norm of the West.
This is a sad commentary of a racist America. It was probably done by Un-Christian Christians!
Just take it down, it should have never been made
They had to put up bullet proof glass around Emmett Till memorial marker. Dismayed but not surprised of vandalism.
lol
This is what White Supremacists think of Black People.
Take it down! Take it down! It offends me. Statues of armed robbing drug addicts offend me!!!! Take that monstrosity down!
I don’t think they are defacing the idea behind it, but George Floyd himself. He was not a stand up person deserving a statue. If anything, it would make more sense for “racists” to deface MLK.
The black man is the palmist precious Thing On The Planet .
I thought it was the hip thing to deface statues of pieces of shit nowadays
His death was sad for sure but the hypocrisy is crazy. We deface and diminish statues of historical figures because of their past but George Floyd’s troubled past seems to be forgotten.
Oh well- too bad
We need to find this man!... and buy him a beer or two.
People don’t want statues of career criminals..Not that hard.
Its an inanimate likeness of a murdered crackhead.. the murderer is in prison and the victims family are millionaires. Move on Amerika
Not surprising, just disappointing. America is a racist angry place tbh
Black people have been vandalized for over 400 years. We will be alright, find better news
No matter what happened to him, a convicted felon should never be idolised.
😂😂😂😂😂 guess that’s what happens when you idolize a criminal.
Someone is a Hate Crime and a White supremacist group.
Nice
Black Americans are crazy AF. They tear down statues of irrelevant people from decades and decades ago to make them feel good, then erect a statue of a black guy who’s done nothing his entire life except victimize fellow black people.
Terrible!
$1000 says it was either cops or firefighters.
Racism is a struggle we live to fight..the killer cop might not even finish his jail term unless its closely followed
JlhRDHMOM These are the people in law enforcement the govt doesn't have hardly any vetting process they send on our streets to serve & protect us. Who else but cops and/or cops friends/family would do something like this? latstetter lisaenglishsays LiberalHDWoman john_brumjo
Aliphaire A disgrace anywhere-- but in NYC? And in Union Square, literally named for the labor movement?
Now there is some kind of mural in the street as the blacks seek to defund the police is this a joke. I mean the negro community commits the most crimes of any community which can be considered mutiny in our nation. I will never F&$ing look at Floyd or his F&$ing mural again.
😂😂 good we don't need this pointless symbolism..we need tangibles!!
What a ridiculous person to idolise. So he was unfairly killed, so we're millions of hero's who fought for freedom, many black no doubt. This man was a drug addicted criminal. What exactly are supposed to admire about him?
Ghouls do weird shit. No one but a ghoul would do this weird vandalism.
Karma!
When will it stop, you killed him wasn't that enough now you fighting his legacy, when you stop looking at us as inferior not worthy of life.
Disgusting!
It doesn't change the truth
‘Don’t vandalise our statues’
Lmao!
Disgraceful.
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these statues are so wrong. george floyd isnt a martyr he is a regular guy that was murdered. you want to honor him? then make sure that people dont die like he does instead of making some bs statue
Racism runs deep in the USA
Smh!
Understandable
Sad
They're just learning from the progressive extremists who have defaced other statues.
😢💔
criminal
Shameful!!!
DonaldJTrumpJr Did you know they have surveillance video of the area?
Should be moved to a museum
What on earth is wrong with us? We suck !
paint this white. maybe this will give a meaning
I'm not in support of any vandalism, but this guy was just a common criminal. Why does he deserve a statue?
Very disrespectful
Of course its OK White people don't like to be reminded of their hate its that simple 😒
Shameful
the way he lived is not excused by the manner of his death.
Our democracy is in shreds.:(
Didnt lightning struck directly at a murral of him and complely destroyed it?😂
Great, criminals do not deserve statues.
Security cameras? Patrols? Rewards for finding the culprits? Police work?
If you don’t respect the history of others, don’t expect others to respect your history.
Why is anyone surprised, this world is messed up.
Only proves what we knew along. There are many hateful racists in this country. Just like the ones who killed George Floyd
People vandalized statues all over the country and received praise for it just recently. What’s changed?
UROCKlive1 Holy cow. He was a victim, and his death was a grievous wrong. But he sure as heck wasn't a hero to be honored. He wasn't exactly taking a stand like, say, Rosa Parks or Martin Luther King.
This just reinforces the fact that racism is alive and well in this country. Someone should remind SCOTUS as they have forgotten.
UROCKlive1 Damn, they're everywhere. Bandits, vandals, criminals, racists, terrorists, oh, my
Great, now the emblem of respect is not omly the n word but also this sculpture. The emblem of respect should be blacks, the people. Not a shoe, a metal or a word...100 years down the road someone will justify he is a criminal and end up taking down his sculpture and then what?
Fence around it. Don’t make it so easy.
Oh my gosh! What the f--- is wrong with people
I thought statues were not cool?
Well, he is Texan I’m not surprise.
Put a camera on it.
UROCKlive1 Cancel culture run amok. White people have been cancelling cultures for hundreds of years.
PattyArquette A well placed surveillance camera is in order. I’m tired of racists getting a pass on this stuff.
UROCKlive1 Actually, I like it. The tears make it more potent.
Is sad what happened to him , but realistically you made him a hero and like 20 funerals and millions of dollars , a little too much is just my point of view
As much as I don’t agree with this being done. I’m also not surprised in the least.
The hate is so real!!!!
This would 100% be caught on video.
I am just saying, maybe if they ask the people that live there if they where ok with the statue this things will not happen, but like always the gov and movement enforcing things to Americans whether they like it or not , there are people upset about it .
And it’s white paint! We can guess who the culprits are! Where is the Security camera?
Wow!
Wth is wrong with people?
Try installing cameras. 🤦♂️
😥
Don't racists have anything better to do?
Obviously BLM did the same to all other statues they disliked so this was just karma doing its payback. 😂
Haters gonna hate... They have no other life... They are enmeshed in hatred, violence, fear, suspicion and paranoia.
Maybe it’s some cops behind it
In the know first place goes not to me always!
Let’s make more statues for violent criminal drug addicts that resist arrest.
It's a statue. ignore it like all the others. If it wasn't for the media, most people would ignore Civil War statues.
May his ghost haunt them forever
How Come?
Well good. Maybe they might begin to know how people feel when other statues were vandalized and were removed because didn't agree with history. HISTORY is the pass and a lesson hopefully learned.
Probably by a pig
They’re stil vandalizing Emitt Till’s memorial spot. Just hateful people to their core. They have zero humanity
It won't be the last either
well, statute to criminal...
He was a drug addict and convicted criminal before a victim. He was never a hero. Why do they make a statue of him?
This is exactly what I was talking about; it’s divisive and serves no purpose without a clear “so what?” plan of action moving forward. People just don’t get it.
Good. He was a violent criminal
Prove why the statue needs to be displayed. Maybe, maybe some day that type of hate won’t exist.
😡😡😡
Just shows you how many people are afraid of George Floyd and how his death has awakened in so many the understanding that they must fight for real equality or forever be ground under the bootheel of oppression.
Racism is a standard in America!
1). I though defacing statues was cool now. Especially if you don’t agree with it. 2). I wonder why that particular one and not John Lewis…let’s see if we can figure out why…hmmm…
They will never live to kill you again live on George
Celebrating a THUG!! SMH
给这样的黑色坏蛋塑像，本身就是莫大的耻辱
What do expect?! Amerikkka’s finest ain’t gone nowhere.
What a shock.
Many tweets indicate it will be our future.
Gosh. What a shame.
Somebody buy who ever did that beer
Money shot.
😂🤣🤣🙌👐
Leave the paint. It will be a daily indictment of how racist this country is that even a statue of a man lynched in plain sight by murderous police officers can not stand undefiled. If they want to make a statement, let it stand.
People really are shitty. Dude was killed by police over nothing, started a national conversation that is long overdue. Leave the statue alone.
Sad 😥
The hate for black people in this country is so sickening.
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