‘Parks and Rec’ actor charged with vandalizing a statue of George Floyd in New York City
The Metro says New York City police have arrested a man in connection with the vandalism of a newly-unveiled, 10-foot-tall statue of the late George Floyd.
The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force shared in a Tweet that it had charged 37-year-old Micah Beals with second-degree criminal mischief for allegedly tossing grey paint on the face of the statue, which had recently arrived in Manhattan’s Union Square Park.
Caught on video, the October 3 footage shows a man on a skateboard in broad daylight splattering grey paint across the statue of Floyd, which was part of a touring art installation called SEEINJUSTICE.
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