George Floyd statue in Manhattan is vandalized by SKATEBOARDER who was filmed hurling silver paint on it in SECOND attack on the bust since it was unveiled on Juneteenth

On Sunday, at around 10 a.m., police obtained video depicting the male assailant defacing the statue, which remains in Union Square
Footage shows the vandal taking off on his skateboard while throwing silver paint on Floyd's bust
The spokesman said police do not intend on releasing the video
The statue was recently moved to the Manhattan park

The memorial in honor of the late George Floyd was vandalized by a skateboarder in Manhattan, who authorities said doused the statue in silver paint over the weekend

Floyd died on May 25, 2020, after Minneapolis Police officer, Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes as Floyd, 46, lay face-down crying: 'I can't breathe'

On Twitter, a video was posted showing what appears to be silver paint splattered on the statue, which was also defaced days after it was first unveiled on Juneteenth in East Flatbush, Brooklyn.

The spokesman said police do not intend on releasing the video. Cops have yet to comment on whether they believe the motivation for the attack was racism.

The statue was recently moved to the Manhattan park.

Additional statues that remain nearby are Rep. John Lewis and Breonna Taylor. Taylor was a 26-year-old black woman who was shot and killed by Louisville, Kentucky police in last year.

Police said Lewis' and Taylor's statues were left unharmed.

In June, Floyd's bust was smeared with black paint and marked with the phrase 'Patriot Front' — a white nationalist hate group.

Floyd died on May 25, 2020, after Minneapolis Police officer, Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes as Floyd, 46, lay face-down crying: 'I can't breathe.'

Video of the incident went viral, and soon protests against police brutality spread throughout the United States, lasting for months, turning violent at times.

Chauvin was fired by the Minneapolis Police Department in the aftermath and was soon arrested.

He was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

On June 25, 2021, Chauvin received a sentence of 22 and a half years in prison, with the possibility of supervised relief, contingent on good behavior after serving two-thirds of his sentence or 15 years for second-degree murder.

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Comment by Tyrone on October 4, 2021 at 8:39am: Can someone on this board please tell me what George Floyd has done to be considered a martyr and to be idolized? Now MLK, was a martyr. Malcolm X was a martyr. What did George Floyd do to be a martyr? What about all the innocent children in the hood that die every year to stray bullets? Who cries for them? I've done some research on George Floyd, he wasn't any saint that deserves this big push. Was it a tragedy that he died? Yes. Any death is tragic, but he wasn't anything to look up to. Our people are slaughtered everyday in the hood over nothing and no one says a single word in regards. A negro that has done nothing, absolutely nothing his entire life but take drugs, make porno films, yes George was in porno films, go look it up, becomes a martyr. Our people only join the bandwagon when the media tells them to. The media pushed BLM, which is a communist organization, oh yes they state that on their website, and ran by 3 lesbian women. Yes, 3 lesbian women, is what the black man and woman need to lead them. In past times, we had strong black men, with wives at their side, now we have lesbians leading black people along with the other alphabet groups. What a shame.

Comment by Dee on October 4, 2021 at 5:55am: @Yasmin, I would say what I really think about you and your racist vitriol but you wouldn’t understand the words you’re reading. Be careful your “privilege” is displaying your ignorance.

Comment by Yasmin on October 3, 2021 at 8:29pm: Lol! They should've bust that s*** into pieces. What this piece of s*** ass n**** got a statue for anyway. He didn't contribute nothing to society or the Indigenous revolution he was nothing but a trash ass bum ass nigha who they used for this whole BLM bullshit and he's whole death was a damn hoax that monkey ass looking n**** over on a island somewhere sipping drinks out of coconuts.