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Hate Crime Charges After Black Lives Matter Mural Defaced | Time
Hate crime? For defacing a mural? If that is the case, then why arent the people who bring down statues charged with the same thing? Pure hypocrisy and a violation of the 1st Amendment.Two white people in Martinez, California have been charged with a hate crime for allegedly defacing a Black Lives Matter mural, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday.The incident was captured on video Saturday, shortly after the mural had been completed. “We’re sick of this narrative, that’s what’s wrong,” a man can be heard saying in the video as a woman covers the yellow mural with black paint. “The narrative of police brutality, the narrative of oppression, the narrative of racism, it’s a lie.”
Prosecutors believe these people to be Nicole Anderson, 42, and David Nelson, 53, who have since both charged with three misdemeanors — violation of civil rights (which is considered a hate crime), vandalism under $400 and possession of tools to commit vandalism or graffiti. They face up to a year in county jail if convicted.