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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Nov 3, 2018, 03:20 PM Nov 2018

New York African-American monument vandalized with racist slur

The African Burial Ground Monument in New York City was vandalized on Thursday with a racist message suggesting African-Americans should be killed, according to multiple reports.

New York police said the Manhattan monument was defaced with the word "kill" followed by a racial slur written in black marker, The New York Times reported. The message was immediately cleaned off after it was reported.

Police have not yet identified a suspect but the New York Police Department Hate Crime Task Force is looking through security footage, according to NBC New York.

The monument marks a burial ground containing an estimated 15,000 skeletal remains of colonial African-Americans from New York City. Many of those buried were slaves.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/414709-colonial-african-american-monument-vandalized-with-racist-slur-in-new

The Trumpers have been busy.

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New York African-American monument vandalized with racist slur (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2018 OP
What do we expect? Behind the Aegis Nov 2018 #1

Behind the Aegis

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1. What do we expect?
Sat Nov 3, 2018, 04:45 PM
Nov 2018

They have been emboldened, and like cowards who vandalize cemeteries, they do shit like this to terrorize and foment hate.

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