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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 reported by local news outlet The Oaklandside on Saturday. Oakland police are investigating the inc...

 | 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, the artist who sculpted the bust, told local CBS affiliate KPIX-TV. He said he believes the vandalism ...

'I'm 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 Matter movement. It was installed just over two weeks ago in downtown Oakland before vandals broke i...