Posted on 07/19/2020 1:24:15 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Two black women were arrested Saturday for defacing New York City’s “Black Lives Matter” mural, which sits just outside Trump Tower in the borough of Manhattan.
It’s the third time the painted words were defaced in under a week.
Video footage showed the women dumping black paint on the yellow words before one got down on her hands and knees and spread the paint around with her hands.
“They do it for black people, right? Black lives matter. Black lives matter, but you want to defund the police for black people - you’re lying. No, we’re not standing for Black Lives Matter. We want our police. Refund our police,” the woman said as she dumped paint on the mural.
“Ya’ll don’t care about black lives,” she added later.
A New York Police Department (NYPD) detective told The Epoch Times that the situation took place at approximately 3 p.m.
A “Black Lives Matter” mural that was painted on 5th Avenue in New York City, on July 13, 2020. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
“Police observed a 39-year-old and 29-year-old females pouring black paint on the BLM painting on the roadway,” the spokeswoman said in an email.
“The individuals were taken into custody and charged with criminal mischief.”
The women were identified as Staten Island residents Edmee Chavannes, 39, and Bevelyn Beatty, 29.
Both women wore shirts that said “Jesus Matters.”
As police officers tried arresting the women, one of the officers slipped on the paint and hit his head on the pavement. The NYPD declined to give details on his condition.
At least five officers were on the scene.
(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...
The mural was painted onto the city street on July 9 on orders from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. The Democrat participated in the painting, along with his wife, Chirlane McCray.
“When we say, ‘Black Lives Matter’, there is no more American statement, there is no more patriotic statement, because there is no America without black America,” he said at the time.
Critics say the city should be focused on concretely improving the lives of minorities.
The “refund the police” remark by one of the women arrested Saturday was referring to the Black Lives Matter movement’s efforts to defund the police.
Lawmakers in the city recently slashed $1 billion from the NYPD’s budget.
The Lady’s name is Bevelyn Beatty. God bless her
About time....took em long enough.
And to have police guarding it with all that’s going is a joke. DeBozo is a joke...a bad one.
But, hey, it’s NYC.
ALL LIVES MATTER
Not just black lives.
Pass it on.
Some are more equal than others.
Leftists can vandalize at will.
Others are so equal.
“”When we say, ‘Black Lives Matter’, there is no more American statement, there is no more patriotic statement, because there is no America without black America,” he said at the time.”
Inane drivel.
RE: ALL LIVES MATTER
A 24-year-old whITE mother was killed by a Black Lives Matter mob in Indianapolis last week, allegedly for saying “All Lives Matter.”
Unlike Charlottesville, or any violence from the right, this killing was reported so quietly that barely anyone even noticed. Jessica Doty Whitaker was shot and killed following an altercation with Black Lives Matter thugs.
Can’t be defaced enough
Block lettering is NOT a “mural.”
The media keeps trying to make people believe this is somehow “art.”
A mural is a painting on a WALL. This thing is a sign painted on a street. Calling it a mural is a way of lending it some artistic merit rather than recognizing it as a political slogan abusing a public space.
Good socialist/democrat mantra
I claim that 23 seconds is the same as a tie.
The most epic part of the video is where Bevelyn Beatty yells directly into the camera “Take back your country!”
Mural are by definition on walls. This is graffiti. And if you write on a busy public street, expect it to be “defaced”. It’s like a child’s chalk drawing on a sidewalk.
The outrage is that the city blocked off Fifth Avenue to protect this.
LOVE those girls!!
This woman with the paint, who is black, is likely smart enough to realize that Black Lives MatterTM is a corporation supported by white Communists with skateboards who are using black Americans to support their Communist cause.
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