New Yorker doused paint on Black Lives Matter drawing near Trump Tower three times
'25.08.2020'
Vita Popova
This is the third incident on her account. A New Yorker was accused of damaging the drawing and was arrested. The edition writes about it New York Post.
The incident took place on Sunday 23 August. Giulet Dita Germanotta, 39, drove up to Trump Tower at about 14:15 pm, where a Black Lives Matter drawing was made in honor of the dead African Americans, and she poured pink paint over it. At the same time, she herself was dressed in a Lady Liberty costume, smeared with red paint.
Germanotta was arrested at the scene and charged with criminal hooliganism. This is the third such incident with her participation, police said.
On August 5, she was arrested on charges of pouring blue paint over the same drawing on Fifth Avenue just days after the previous vandalism.
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It's worth noting that the Black Lives Matter drawing near Trump Tower has been a constant target of vandals since it was taken on July 9, 2020. Similar drawings appeared in five boroughs in support of New Yorkers protesting the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25.
Last month, 29-year-old black woman Bevenlyn Beatty was accused of pouring black paint over a drawing near Trump Tower. This moment was broadcast live on Facebook. A few hours later that same day, she did the same in Harlem and Brooklyn.
As previously wrote ForumDaily New York:
- The giant inscription Black Lives Matter (“Black Lives Matter”), made in yellow colors, appeared on Fifth Avenue roadway 9 of July.
- Just two days later, on July 11, she became a place of confrontation between members of the Black Lives Matter movement and the All Lives Matter movement, which arose as a response to the movement of the former.
- 8 july off-road driver tried to drive through the crowd of protesters as part of the Black Lives Matters campaign, took down several bicycles and went into hiding. The incident took place in downtown New York.
