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Police are investigating after a sculpture of Breonna Taylor was smashed to pieces in downtown Oakland over the weekend, authorities said.

California authorities are investigating vandalism to a bust honoring Breonna Taylor that the sculptor is calling "a racist attack on the Black Lives Matter movement." Leo Carson installed the ceramic bust on Dec. 12 at Latham Square in downtown Oakland. The words "Say Her Name Breonna Taylor" are written below the bust to honor Taylor, 26, a Black woman whose death in March by Kentucky police spurred national protests against racial inequality and police brutality. The vandalism was first ...

 | Updated December 28, 2020 A ceramic bust of Breonna Taylor that was installed in downtown Oakland, California, earlier this month was smashed on Saturday. The sculpture to honor Taylor, the Black 26-year-old health care worker whom Kentucky police killed in March and who became the subject of Black Lives Matter demonstrations nationwide, was apparently struck with something that caused chunks of it to break off. “Looks like they hit it with a baseball bat along the back,” Leo Carson, th...

Im blown away: Fundraiser for damaged Breonna Taylor sculpture hits goal overnight By Ryan Moran A Breonna Taylor statue in Oakland was vandalized two weeks after it was installed. OAKLAND, Calif. - A fundraiser created in response to a Breonna Taylor sculpture being vandalized in Oakland over the weekend reached its goal overnight.  Artist Leo Carson spent months creating the sculpture as both a tribute to the late EMT worker killed by police in Kentucky and in support of the Black Lives Mat...

A ceramic bust of Breonna Taylor was vandalized in California. The sculptor calls it a racist attack, vows to rebuild in bronze. Jessica Flores, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT California authorities are investigating vandalism to a bust honoring Breonna Taylor that the sculptor is calling "a racist attack on the Black Lives Matter movement." Leo Carson installed the ceramic bust on Dec. 12 at Latham Square in downtown Oakland. The words "Say Her Name Breonna Taylor" are writt...

Breonna Taylor was smashed into pieces on Saturday (December 26). According to multiple outlets, the sculpture, which featured the inscription, "Say Her Name Breonna Taylor," was installed two weeks ago in downtown Oakland by sculptor "This vandalism is an act of racist aggression, and it shows why sculpture and art matters," he said in a statement, per TMZ. "I made this sculpture to support the Black Lives Matter movement and while Im overcome with rage and sadness at their cowardly act, thei...

2 months old This article is more than 2 months old Artist Leo Carson calls damage ‘act of racist aggression aimed at suppressing fight for black freedom’ Breonna Taylor statue by Leo Carson that has been vandalised, seen before and after. Taylor was fatally shot when police broke down her door in the middle of the night. Composite: Amir Aziz / The Oaklandside Breonna Taylor statue by Leo Carson that has been vandalised, seen before and after. Taylor was fatally shot when police broke down ...

  A statue of Breonna Taylor, an African-American woman who was shot dead by police during a raid on her home in March, has been smashed in California.   It happened two weeks after the bust was erected in the city of Oakland. Police have launched an investigation.   Sculptor Leo Carson called the destruction an act of "racist aggression". He said he would rebuild the piece in bronze.     The ceramic bust in Oakland depicted her smiling, with a message on its base ...

news Breonna Taylor sculpture smashed in California © Getty Images Breonna Taylor was killed by police in Louisville, Kentucky last March (file picture) A statue of Breonna Taylor, an African-American woman who was shot dead by police during a raid on her home in March, has been smashed in California. It happened two weeks after the bust was erected in the city of Oakland. Police have launched an investigation. Sculptor Leo Carson called the destruction an act of "racist aggression". He said...