NEW YORK (AP) — A statue of George Floyd that was defaced in Brooklyn has been cleaned and is headed for Manhattan's Union Square. The artwork was unveiled on the Juneteenth holiday in a spot on Flatbush Avenue. Five days later on June 24, it was vandalized with black paint and marked with the logo of a white supremacist group. But members of the group that installed the statue painstakingly cleaned it, and local residents and one of Floyd's brothers gathered around it this week to bid farewell ahead of its long-planned move to Union Square as part of an exhibition in September. “I heard the news about the vandalism. I was so proud that I got word that Flatbush held it down. They really supported us, looked out for the statue, looked out for the spirit of my brother,” Terrence Floyd said at the gathering. He added to news reporters: ”You try to stop us, but you can’t stop us. And we still gonna continue, with love.” Andrew Cohen of Confront Art, the group behind the statue, … [Read more...]

A New York City statue of George Floyd that was vandalized last month just days after it was unveiled for Juneteenth will be moving to Manhattan as part of a long-planned September exhibition. The group behind the 6-foot statue, Confront Art, confirmed to The Associated Press and other news outlets that volunteers had worked for hours to clean off black paint and a logo of a white supremacist group that defaced the structure. The group said the statue, which includes quotes from Floyd’s brother, Terrence, and other words in honor of the 46-year-old Black man killed at the hands of Minneapolis police, will be brought to a studio Monday for further cleaning before it is transported to Manhattan’s Union Square. ADVERTISEMENT The New York City Police Department (NYPD) announced late last month that it had opened an investigation into the vandalism that occurred in the early morning of June 24 in t he Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. Police said at the time … [Read more...]

A New York City statute of George Floyd unveiled for Juneteenth was vandalized just days afterward, according local law enforcement. The New York Police Department (NYPD) Task Force shared Thursday that they have opened an active investigation into the incident that happened in the Flatbush neighborhood in Brooklyn. "On Thursday June 24, 2021, at approximately 0720 hours, in the vicinity of Nostrand Avenue and Flatbush Avenue, 70 Precinct officers discovered graffiti on a George Floyd bust statue and pedestal," NYPD told The Hill in a statement. "An unknown individual spray painted the statue’s face black and covered the words on the pedestal with the black spray paint. In addition the words ' patriotfront.us' were spray painted in white on the pedestal. There are no arrests and the investigation is ongoing." ADVERTISEMENT The HCTF is investigating vandalism, discovered this morning, to the new George Floyd statue that was unveiled at 1545 Flatbush Ave. in … [Read more...]

BROOKLYN PARK, Md. (WJZ) — An early morning vehicle collision into a home leaves one man dead, according to Anne Arundel Police Department. Around 3:06 a.m., officers responded to Walton Avenue near Johnson Street for a vehicle crash into a home. READ MORE: COVID-19 In Maryland: Over 300 New Cases Reported The investigation revealed that a 2011 Nissan Altima was traveling south on Johnson Street approaching the intersection of Walton Avenue. The vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign and jumped a curb, where it continued into the front yard of a home on Walton Avenue. The vehicle struck the home and fully entered the living quarters. The driver of the Nissan, identified as 49 year-old Christopher Davis of Baltimore, exited the crashed vehicle and fled the scene on foot towards Ritchie Highway where officers apprehended him without incident. The residence was occupied by two adult residents and two dogs at the time of the accident. READ MORE: 19 Year-Old Shot In … [Read more...]

This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. People who work in technology are often incredibly smart. But that doesn’t necessarily make them accurate forecasters of human and social behavior. This week, Airbnb’s chief executive said that he thought more people would hop between multiple homes when the pandemic ends. Mark Zuckerberg talked about his vision of people using goggles that read their minds. A co-founder of Stripe, the digital finance start-up, spoke about a range of things, including worker productivity metrics and the need for improved medical technology. These were thought-provoking ideas, and successful tech executives have been right an awful lot. But I am asking for a little more humility from technologists and a little more skepticism from the rest of us. Being really smart and overseeing products used by millions of people doesn’t make tech executives oracles. (That’s true even for the tech company … [Read more...]