Vandalism at Black Wall Street Gallery. Photo courtesy of Black Wall Street Gallery.
Monday was the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, in which white mobs burned the city’s prosperous Greenwood neighborhood, known as Black Wall Street, to the ground, killing as many as 300 African Americans.
When Ricco Wright, owner of New York’s Black Wall Street Gallery, arrived for work that day, he was disturbed to discover that vandals had covered a sign for his business with white paint. The incident took place between 11 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday, according to CBS.
“We’ve called the police and they claimed that this isn’t hate speech despite the fact that this occurred on the centennial anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre,” the gallery wrote on Facebook and Instagram on Monday. “As far as we’re concerned, smearing white paint on the word ‘Black’ is deliberate and intentional and therefore constitutes hate speech.”
The Black Wall Street Gallery in SoHo said someone smeared white paint on the gallery s glass facade in what the owners called a hate crime. The NYPD says it is investigating.
The Black Wall Street Gallery in SoHo said someone smeared white paint on the gallery s glass facade in what the owners called a hate crime. The NYPD says it is investigating.
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NYPD: Bridgeport man threw chemicals, Molotov cocktail at officers
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An image of evidence collected after officers from the New York Police Department stopped a Bridgeport man in Brooklyn. Authorities said the man threw chemicals and a Moltov cocktail at law enforcement.Courtesy of NYPDShow MoreShow Less
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A driver from Bridgeport who ran a red light in New York City Saturday morning threw a chemical liquid at a New York Police Department officer, drove away and then tossed a flaming Molotov cocktail as officers pursued him, authorities said.
Body camera footage shows the driver tossing a liquid that was later identified as bleach at an officer who had pulled him over in Brooklyn, according to authorities.