The George Floyd statue — which was unveiled in Brooklyn last week during a Juneteenth celebration — was defaced overnight with white nationalist graffiti, police said Thursday.
The 6-foot-tall bust at 1575 Flatbush Ave. in East Flatbush was found Thursday morning with the phrase “Patriot Front” painted over the inscription, according to the NYPD.
Black paint was also found smeared across the bust, a photo of the graffiti shows.
“That crime is currently being investigated by our Hate Crimes Task Force,” Chief of Department Rodney Harrison said, adding that cops were doing an “extensive video canvass.”
Cops believe the graffiti was done between 3 and 7 a.m.
Patriot Front is a white nationalist hate group that formed after the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
People work to clean the George Floyd statue in Brooklyn. Brigitte Stelzer
Black paint had also been put on the statue. Brigitte StelzerEarlier this month, a George Floyd mural in Philadelphia was also defaced with the white supremacist, neo-fascist group’s name, according to local reports.
