Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts Vandalized. Law Enforcement Officials Are Deeming the Attacks ‘Hate Crimes’
October 24, 2007
The Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation (TASF) has reported a series of attacks at the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts, 5616 Memorial Drive, Stone Mountain, Georgia.
The first incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday, October 20th, when vandals defaced the building as well as tying a noose around the neck of the bronze statue of Tupac Shakur located in the Center’s Peace Garden. The attacks are being investigated as hate crimes by the De Kalb County Sheriff’s Office. The second incident occurred at the Center at 2:00 AM Monday morning when the statue was damaged further.
Source:PR Newswire
Posted in Racism, Black, Hip Hop
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