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   Three arrested after Black Lies Matter n   
   19 Jul 20 03:20:12   
   
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   From: nigger-lovers@disney.com   
      
   Three people were arrested and a fourth was issued a summons   
   after a Black Lives Matter mural on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue in   
   front of Trump Tower was vandalized with blue paint Friday   
   afternoon, police said.   
      
   The incident, which happened about 4:00 p.m., marks the second   
   in a week that someone threw paint on the mural, which the city   
   painted July 9.   
      
   Two women and a man were arrested and charged with criminal   
   mischief after surveillance video showed them smearing the blue   
   paint, police said. Germanotta, 39, D'Anna Morgan, 25, and Luis   
   Martinez, 44 were released with a desk appearance ticket,   
   according to police.   
      
   Another person, who was identified only as a 64-year-old woman,   
   was issued a summons for illegally posting fliers.   
      
   NBC New York reported that it appeared to be a coordinated   
   effort.   
      
   Morgan and Germanotta said that their actions were in part   
   motivated by anger at Mayor Bill de Blasio. Morgan, who is   
   Black, said she has members of law enforcement in her family.   
      
   "Basically, I'm just sick and tired of the disrespect that our   
   law enforcement is getting under de Blasio and Cuomo," Morgan   
   said, referring to the mayor and Gov. Andrew Cuomo. "I am not   
   anti-Black at all. I am African American. All lives matter,   
   including Black lives," she added.   
      
   Germanotta, who is friends with Morgan, said that others have   
   painted graffiti around New York City and she doesn't think they   
   should have been arrested. "Why do I get arrested for speaking   
   my mind and having a disobedient protest and they don't?" she   
   said.   
      
   Germanotta was seen being arrested while wearing an "All Lives   
   Matter" shirt and wearing a rainbow-colored flag with the words   
   "LGBT for Trump" on it. She said she wants people to know she is   
   transgender, HIV positive and a registered Democrat who plans to   
   vote for Trump in November.   
      
   On Monday, a man dumped red paint on part of the mural before   
   running away. The NYPD has released photos of that man and say   
   he is wanted for criminal mischief.   
      
   The Black Lives Matter mural was installed after protests and   
   calls for racial justice and police reform that followed the   
   death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25.   
      
   Trump, a former New York City resident, has criticized the mural.   
      
   Trump called it a "symbol of hate" after plans were announced.   
   The president tweeted at the time that it would be "denigrating"   
   to what he called a luxury avenue.   
      
   After Monday's vandalism, the mural was quickly repainted.   
      
   De Blasio, a Democrat who helped paint some of it, was defiant   
   after that incident, tweeting "nice try" and noting that it had   
   already been fixed.   
      
   Black Lives Matter movement "is more than words, and it can’t be   
   undone," he said.   
      
   Trump in October changed his permanent residence from New York   
   City to Florida.   
      
   Cuomo, a Democrat, remarked at the time: "Good riddance. It's   
   not like Mr. Trump paid taxes here anyway." The governor added,   
   "He's all yours, Florida."   
      
   Trump tweeted about the change in residence at the time that "I   
   cherish New York, and the people of New York, and always will."   
   But the president said "I have been treated very badly by the   
   political leaders of both the city and state."   
      
   https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/three-arrested-after-black-   
   lives-matter-mural-near-trump-tower-n1234257   
      
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