Black Woman Defaces 3 NYC Black Lives Matter Murals In A Show Of Support For Police
A Black woman, arrested Saturday, July 18, for allegedly splattering the Black Lives Matter mural outside Trump Tower in Fifth Avenue with paint, vandalized two more murals in Harlem and Brooklyn hours later and live-streamed the incidents on her Facebook page, claiming she was against the Black Lives Matter movement.
Bevelyn Beatty, 29, first posted a video of herself smearing black paint onto the mural outside the Midtown skyscraper Saturday afternoon as police tried to bust her.
"Refund the police," she was heard shouting in the video. "Jesus matters! We will never support Black Lives Matter!"
Beatty was charged with criminal mischief after the incident and released shortly, only to vandalize two more murals in Harlem and Brooklyn, the New York Post reported.
Beatty and her crew were seen dumping black paint from the back of a minivan on a mural in Harlem in a second video she posted to her page later that night, captioning it "Harlem Drive By Painting." She followed it up with yet another video from Fulton Street in Brooklyn showing the third installment of the string of vandalism.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we’re in Brooklyn and it ain’t over," she yelled in the third video. "Jesus matters. We’re taking our country back. We’re taking it back. And let me tell you something, the police need our help. They can’t s and alone. Don’t just sit by idly and watch your country go to the ground."
The third video was filmed past 12:00 a.m. EDT when several angry bystanders confronted them about defacing the mural before they drove off from the spot.
In a fourth video she posted from her home, Beatty said, "Ya’ll, we did an all-nighter. ... Let me tell you something, yesterday was epic."
A video released by Detectives' Endowment Association, a wing of the New York Police Department, appeared to show an arresting cop slipping on the black paint on the mural in Midtown Manhattan and hitting his head on the ground as Beatty wrestled with the police. He was listed in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital.
Beatty’s arrest marked the third time the Black Lives Matter mural outside the Trump Tower was vandalized. Four people were arrested Friday, July 17, and charged for dumping blue paint on the mural. Last week, another unnamed man poured red paint over it before running away.
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