Sources say eyewitnesses were there, but didn’t react to what had happened.
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – JULY 20: A photograph of George Floyd (C) is displayed along with other photographs at the Say Their Names memorial exhibit at Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade on July 20, 2021 in San Diego, California. The traveling memorial features photographs of 200 Black Americans who lost their lives due to systemic racism and racial injustice and is sponsored by the San Diego African American Museum of Fine Art (SDAAMFA). Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison after being convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)The statue of George Floyd that is located in Union Square was vandalized with paint not even 48 hours after it was unveiled to the public.The statue is surrounded by Breonna Taylor and John Lewis. Authorities have not located the person who committed the act, but they have footage of a male doing the attack early Sunday morning.
Floyd’s brother, Terrence was in attendance for the ceremony on Friday to unveil the statue. The Union Square project is #SeeInJustice and all three statues stand about 6 feet tall, shining in bronze paint.
People all across the United States protested once Floyd was killed by Minneapolis cop, Derek Chauvin. Currently Chauvin is serving his 22.5 year sentence in prison.
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 19: A man holds a poster with the picture of George Floyd who was killed in police custody three weeks earlier in Minneapolis, Minnesota during the Juneteenth protest march on June 19, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when a Union general read orders in Galveston, Texas stating all enslaved people in Texas were free according to federal law. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
