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Dr. Ricco Wright, the owner of the Black Wall Street Gallery, said he discovered graffiti smeared in white paint on the windows of the Mercer St. gallery on Monday and Tuesday, the 100th anniversary of the massacre, which occurred on May 31 and June 1, 1921. A third incident was discovered Wednesday, Wright said.
NYC art gallery paying tribute to Tulsa Race Massacre victims vandalized for 3rd time
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The NYPD s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating after a third incident of racist vandalism at the Black Wall Street Gallery in SoHo in one week.
Police say someone used white paint to put the letters EDHRLL on a window display at the gallery on Mercer Street Tuesday morning It s so cryptic, gallery owner Dr. Ricco Wright said. Nobody knows. Could be someone s initials.apart from that, I don t know, and the gall of a person to say there s real art on the door when there is real art beyond the door.
NYPD launches graffiti cleanup initiative across NYC
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A graffiti cleanup campaign by the NYPD launches Saturday across New York City.
Volunteers met at their local precinct station houses in the morning, then headed to different locations to paint over graffiti that was previously reported to police.
9th Precinct - Graffiti Clean up @ 76 East 1st Street. Thank you to Captain Clement and officers who help cleaned up this location. #DCPI#ChiefofDept#Chiefofpatrolpic.twitter.com/YKmXUTaItC NYPD 9th Precinct (@NYPD9Pct) April 10, 2021
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea thanked the participants including community volunteers, auxiliary police officers and cadets, members of the Law Enforcement Explorers Program and the Police Athletic League.