The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating another incident of vandalism at an art gallery commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
Black Wall Street Gallery in SoHo says someone smeared white paint on the gallery s glass facade in what the owners call a hate crime. The NYPD says it is investigating.
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.
Gallery Commemorating Tulsa Massacre Seeks Police Inquiry of Vandalism
The Black Wall Street Gallery in New York was vandalized three times this week, its owner said. He called on the police to treat it as a hate crime.
“It was both deliberate and intentional for someone to white wash Black Wall Street on the exact date 100 years ago when the massacre happened,” said the owner of the Black Wall Street Gallery in SoHo.Credit.via Black Wall Street Gallery
June 3, 2021, 3:20 p.m. ET
The owner and curator of the Black Wall Street Gallery in SoHo, which has an exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, said that the exterior of the gallery was vandalized three times this week and called on the police to treat it as a hate crime.