/ A memorial honoring Martin Luther King Jr. in Hendersonville was defaced, and police have changed a man with ethnic intimidation for the act.
A white North Carolina man accused of defacing a memorial honoring Martin Luther King Jr. has been charged with ethnic intimidation, according to authorities.
Heath Justus, 31, was arrested at a park in Hendersonville on April 28 after witnesses spotted him drawing on the image of the civil rights leader, news outlets reported Monday, citing Police Chief Blair Myhand.
Myhand told WLOS-TV that Justus used a permanent marker to scrawl “anti-Semitic depictions” on the memorial, in addition to other symbols and phrases.
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