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Thursday, 28 March 2024

Black Lives Matter Mural Vandalized

Credit: KJRH | Tulsa | Channel 2
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Black Lives Matter Mural Vandalized
Black Lives Matter Mural Vandalized
The Black Lives Matter Mural in the Greenwood district, vandalized this weekend.

-- ANOTHER UNEXPECTEDBATTLE OVER THE BLACK LIVESMATTER MURAL... AFTER MORETHAN A WEEK OF CIVILBACK-AND-FORTH AMONG CITYLEADERS -- VANDALS -- TOOKMATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDSIN TULSA'S HISTORICGREENWOOD DISTRICT THISWEEKEND...THAT'S WHERE WE FIND 2 WORKSFOR YOU'S TATIANNA TAYLORTHIS MORNING... TATIANNAWHAT CAN YOU TELL US?CORI, MANY, MANY PEOPLE AREHURT, ANGRY, ANDDISAPPOINTED.

AFTER A WEEKOF FIGHTING TO MAKETHIS MURAL PERMANENT, A LONGBLUE LINE OF PAINT WASSPILLED ACROSSTHE BLACK LIVES MURAL RIGHTHERE, SUNDAY MORNING.

NOWMANY ARE ASKING, WHY?2 WORKS FOR YOU SPOKE WITHACTIVISTS, CITY LEADERS, ANDCOMMUNITY MEMBERS THISWEEKEND AFTER WHAT HAPPENEDSUNDAY MORNING.

MANY SAYING,ITS UNBELIEVABLE.

AND HARDTO SEE.

SEVERAL.

SPENDINGALL DAY SUNDAY COVERING THATBLUE SPILL WITH YELLOWPAINT.

BUT DISTRICT ONE CITYCOUNCILOR VANESSAHALL-HARPER DOESN'T SEEMSURPRISED.

SAYING THISVANDALISM SHOWS THE HATREDFOR BLACK PEOPLE, AND THEMOVEMENT ITSELF.VANESSAHALL-HARPER//DISTRICT ONECITY COUNCILOR <03:06:20-03:06:28

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