Martin Luther King Jr. statue vandalized with racist graffiti
Long Beach residents found the statue sprayed with white supremacist, Nazi-affiliated symbols Friday and called police.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was recently vandalized in Long Beach, California.
Residents discovered the statue had been sprayed with white supremacist, Nazi-affiliated symbols on Friday afternoon and called local police, who responded and are investigating the incident as a hate crime.
A photo of the damage was shared to Twitter by a member of the community, who wrote: “This is the second time in two years that the Martin Luther King Jr. statue has been vandalized since it’s been up at MLK Park here in Long Beach. This city has a major hidden white supremacists issue and it needs to be addressed ASAP.”
Horrific graffiti on Martin Luther King Jr statue in Southern California is being investigated as hate crime, police say
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Horrific graffiti on Martin Luther King Jr statue in Southern California is being investigated as a hate crime, police say
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