Weeks-old statue of Breonna Taylor smashed to pieces in Oakland, Calif.
By Neil Vigdor New York Times,Updated December 30, 2020, 9:13 a.m.
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Police are investigating after a bust of Breonna Taylor was smashed in downtown Oakland, Ca., over the weekend.Aric Crabb/Associated Press
It took several months for a Bay Area sculptor to shape the clay with his hands into a likeness of Breonna Taylor, which he finished with a dark brown satin glaze.
But less than two weeks after the statue memorializing Taylor was installed in a busy downtown plaza in Oakland, California, its creator, Leo Carson, said he held the broken pieces of the vandalized ceramic bust in those same hands.
Weeks-Old Statue of Breonna Taylor Is Battered in Oakland, Calif.
The vandalism of the ceramic sculpture of Ms. Taylor near City Hall is under investigation, the police said.
A bust of Breonna Taylor in a plaza near Oakland City Hall was smashed in several places late last week. The artist wants to create a new statue in bronze.Credit.Shelby Knowles for The New York Times
Dec. 28, 2020
The clay took several months for a Bay Area sculptor to shape with his hands into a likeness of Breonna Taylor, which he finished with a dark brown satin glaze.
But less than two weeks after the statue memorializing Ms. Taylor was installed in a busy downtown plaza in Oakland, Calif., its creator, Leo Carson, said he held the broken pieces of the vandalized ceramic bust in those same hands.
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A statue was erected in memory of the Black woman who was shot in her own bed by local police officers. However, the statue has now been smashed and the local police are investigating it as an act of vandalism
Weeks after the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old emergency room technician, a sculptor from Oakland was able to finally install a statue of Breonna Taylor. However, within a few weeks, the sculpture of the Black woman has now been smashed from different angles.
A statue was erected in memory of the Black woman who was shot in her own bed by local police officers. However, the statue has now been smashed and the local police are investigating it as an act of vandalism.