Black spray paint was daubed on the face of the statue and over the inscription on the base."PATRIOTFRONT.US," was stenciled with white spray paint on the pedestal, the New York Police Department said.Patriot Front is a"white nationalist hate group," according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Read MoreThe six-foot statue is on display on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn for several weeks before it is scheduled to move to Union Square in Manhattan in July.
The NYPD released a video and a photo of what it said was the four walking toward the vicinity of the statue before the incident.City workers were cleaning the statue in Brooklyn on Thursday. The office of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, in a tweet, described the vandalism as a"racist, loathsome, despicable act of hate." New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed the State Police Hate Crimes Task Force to offer assistance in the investigation.
no one cares.
It wasn't vandalism it was 'mindful re-calibration'
Free Palestyna,from Poland
But, it’s what it was.
美国人都把他当爹贡起来吧，可笑
All the protestors (BLM) last year vandalized all those cites. Maybe they should look into that and reimburse all those small business owners who lost money with all damages and looting!!
It’s now a hate crime to demonstrate against the celebration of a convicted brutal thieving drug addict monster 🙅🏽♀️
This is not a good thing to watch regardless of anything
Meanwhile thousands of covid illegals are storming the southern border
Good, that statue needs to be removed for racism.
Why is it in NY. He did not live there
In the words of SpeakerPelosi, I don’t care that much about statues.
Was all the other statues a hate crime too?
It's a white statue and they made It black! I think he would have wanted that TBH ! What's your problem !)
It appears all statues are fair game. No surprise. It’s the way it is now. Peacefully done no doubt. I was against tearing the statues down last summer, and I’m against it now. But it seems to be ok to do. Smh
A statue for a drug dealing black criminal that raped a 14 year old. Joe Biden’s America
Doesn’t take chauvin out of jail for 22 years. 😂😂😂
Defacing George Washington Statues are ok with the Left, defacing this career criminals statue is a crime? Heads is tails and tails is heads.
Those badass
Good let it continue!
When you claim the 'murder' of a black guy is racism but an unveiled statue of said black guy is white isn't racism 🤣😂😂
Wait....so criminals can have statues now....wtf 😂
OVER THE TOP!
Nice culture switch. Destroy Columbus monuments and build some for criminalist George Floyd. Poor, stupid USA
I don't like people vandalizing Statues. Whether they are confederate generals or petty criminals.
Is this the only violent criminal who is being glorified or are there others too
Viva justice
How is this considered a hate crime. I mean statues have been being vandalizing destroyed for the past dozen years now.
The United States is facing alot of division currently no wonder China is slowly but steadily by passing them.
If you don’t charge people that spray paint trains and bridges as hate crimes then you can’t do it here cause it’s just a statue of a criminal
Were t they just colouring it in? Why’s he white as a statue 😂😂
It is quite a frightening statue.
'Make a martyr out of a common man' GeorgeFloyd
This is disgusting. In what kind of world does a man like this deserve a statue? 🤮
do ya mean fentanyl george who was a felon.
Criminal
To erect a statue of a criminal? Ridiculous!
Floyd was no hero.
he made the best banana sandwiches
but peaceful protest is ok isnt it
What about the statues blm and Antifa vandalized⁉️⁉️⁉️🖕🖕🖕
Meanwhile…
If this statue was funded by public funds some would object to the use of the word “pray”. Just saying.
Bruh, it's a damn statue, sad to see some people can't sleep knowing it exists...
I could understand this if he was a law abiding citizen who was at the wrong place, at the wrong time, but this wasn’t the case, aside from this, I agree what happened to him was DEAD WRONG, but this is wrong, not deserving.
Why does this criminal have a statute? He is a hero? He wasn’t a career criminal drug head? He didn’t hold a gun to a pregnant woman’s stomach? Was he actually committing a crime and on drugs the day he died?DON’T GET ME WRONG HE WAS MURDERED BY A BAD COP!100%! But hero? Statue?
How can you hate crime a block of wood?
Dems honor criminal druggies.
We should put George Floyd on the $20 bill.
Vandalizing statues of white leaders by blm is also hate crime then. Just like George those leaders were not good people, I understand.
Let's tear it down its racist remember.
What did u expect to happen? Where is the petition to tear it down when will the protest start because it offends White ppl? All the others were torn down, vandalized or moved because they offended poc. This is prob just the beginning of what it going to happen to that POS statue
Ways of humans - while you are alive and need help you are ignored, after you die they say good thngs about you!
he is a victim, I get that. but he was a criminal what do you expect to learn from him?
Do you think the cops will find the cops who did this?
A statue of a person who has CRIMINAL records
Cancel culture… take it down. But hey, if your erecting statues of rapists, why not Bill Cosby.
George who? I honor and respect good people regardless of race or religion. I do not honor felons with a 4 page rap sheet. BLM, how's the black on black crime working for ya? LGBTQ, you be happy to be you and I'll be happy being me. How hard is that? Biden sure unified America.
Great... WAKE UP AMERICA 🇺🇸
Well expected. George Floyd was a drug addict criminal. Straight up. He didn't deserve to die. But he wasn't Jesse Jackson or Martin Luther king
Police are slow. Folks already have the license plate and faces of the three culprits.
But why the statue is white can't it be black 🤔
Aren’t we supposed to be tearing down statues anyway?
How is it possible together there are no security cameras on a statue like that at a time like this?
Silently waiting for statue to show Derek kneeling on George Floyd (my crack head hero)
Is the statue to honor the man or commemorate the tragedy?
George Floyd statues vandalized in Brooklyn and New Jersey ahead of Derek Chauvin sentencing .
Offensive statue that glorifies drug addiction and pornography. It must go.
How’s that a hate crime when 100’s of statues were destroyed all last year. Hate crime? Maybe they hate the statue not the person. Just a thought
Wish he was still with us but a statue?
Never thought I would see the day we celebrate criminals, but everyday is different now.
No need for that statue he is a criminal remove
Help me understand why the Statue went to NY?
Stupidity is the worst scourge. Ever. 😒👎🏼
Its wasn't vandalism it was a peaceful protest like last year.
Statue of criminals are ok I guess
Good rate it down it’s pure racist and offensive I mean it now
Honor a druggie
His lawyer said Chauvin's mind had been full of what ifs. What if he didn't volunteer for work that day or what if he didn't answer that call. But not a single 1 of those what ifs was 'What if I took my knee off his neck after it was apparent I was murdering him'! FULL SENTENCE!!
Awful, spread love not hate guys.
I was told this was the voice of the unheard last summer
Statues of victims? If that’s the case what about Rodney King and hundreds of others? Let’s save the statue building for real Black heroes. He is no hero although its sad what happened to him. And It’s vandalism not a hate crime🤦🏽♀️
Just imagine, waking up and you’re that angry about this memorial. And we want to act like there isn’t a problem America? Humans really suck right now.
Remember when antifa and the Dems rioted and vandalized cities Yea they never got in trouble!!
Oh but the Dems can take down and vandalize all of the other statues and not get in trouble!
Why would people idolize a career criminal? Yes, he was the victim of police brutality/systematic racism. But he did nothing to improve anything. He made it worse. Can’t people renew their respect and love for Martin Luther King instead?
My heart goes out to Mr. Floyd's family for suffering this insult. I pray they'll place their grief in the Lord's hands and let Him comfort them.
Isn’t that interesting… are you sure it ain’t just ‘people do what they do?’ Maybe ask SpeakerPelosi
Why are people so concerned about the color of another person's skin? We all bleed red, eat, crap and stuff like the next person. Some just burn easier or need extra moisturizer. But why is that anyone else's concern? I enjoy several different cultures period.
Who even approved of that shit That statue is disrespectful to Black Americans who have actually built & fought for this country.
He doesn’t deserve a statue! Yes his death was his death was horrific but he was not a hero! This was a man that had a criminal record and put a gun to a pregnant woman’s stomach!
Why is he white? Lol the irony
Where’s the Street security 🤷🏿 you put up art that controversial people are going to react positively and negatively unfortunately... sad half America knows who did it and ain’t saying nothing
Do they still wonder why they can't get ahead in life?
George Floyd = career criminal. He would have approved....LOL!
I agree how he died was murder but to have made a statue it’s absurd. He was a criminal after all. 😕
Good. What's next, a statue of Ted Bundy?
so statues of white people can be vandalized but statues of black people cant
Folks need to wake up, it’s simple the elite thrive from division, they gain while the average person of any color or faith is set against each other!
False idol worship
Yeah all the Neo Nazis in NYC that go to chill in Flatbush. This story smells real fishy. This is Jussie Smollett levels of plausibility.
They need to put cameras on that location. Need to root out the racists one by one.
BLM mistook it for a white statue of historic importance 🤣
Good.
Only country where we erect statues of criminal because of the circumstances in which they died and hide behind the vail of racism and social justice. How ignorant.
I saw it coming
I do not believe he should have died but come on people he was a criminal....multiple times over. Stop acting like he was a saint.
Could black ppl not have found a martyr who is innocent, without a criminal record? There must be one?
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Shekel1117 I said it the day they unveiled it - it was just a matter of time until someone vandalizes it!
How that can be... Hate and racism it is the worst quality of humans beings.
Took long enough….
Great news……
A hate crime?!! That's preposterous.
Reason will prevail
shameful and so sad 😢
Who could’ve seen this coming? 🥴 It was bound to happen
People that have been tearing down statues the past year: How could people do this!! haha
Crazy how Democrats celebrate the life of a criminal.
Like nobody was waiting for THAT to happen... 'Nuff said!!!...
Is this the guy that pointed a gun at a pregnant woman's unborn baby whilst they robbed her house?
No me extraña, que cansinos con el tema
Really...HA.
It will be a hate crime until they find a black man did it.
There are surveillance cameras in the public places. We will catch the culprit.
I pray you find those hoodlums and justice must be prevailed
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