In the Crenshaw District of Los Angeles is a mural of four female members of the Black Panthers, three raising their fists in the black power salute, and one wielding a shotgun. There’s nothing racist about that, right? That’s sarcasm, of course. But when someone else crept up to that racist mural in the middle of the night and painted swastikas over those women’s faces the cries of racism echoed throughout South Central Los Angeles and beyond.
LAPD Probes Swastikas Painted On Mural Depicting Black Panther Members.
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Los Angeles police Thursday were investigating the scrawling of four swastikas on an iconic South Los Angeles mural as a hate crime.
The vandalism was reported about 11:45 a.m. in the area of 48th Street and Crenshaw Boulevard, according to LAPD.
Social media images showed the mural was defaced by swastikas scrawled in white paint on the faces of prominent Black Panther members.
No suspects were in custody, according to LAPD. The swastikas were promptly scrubbed from the mural.
Police said the vandalism appears to be an isolated act and are asking for witnesses and anyone with possible security camera images to come forward.
Besides the security cameras, Crenshaw Boulevard is heavily traveled day and night by both vehicular and foot traffic. And it’s a predominately black neighborhood, one that is to be avoided by white people unless they want to get shot. So tell me, given these conditions, how does a (presumably) white man manage to pull this off and escape with his life? It makes me wonder if this isn’t another hoax.
California Rep. Karen Bass, who represents the district where the vandalism occurred, tweeted that “when people think of racism like this, they think about some far-off time in some far-off land. But this is today, in South Los Angeles, on Crenshaw. These are swastikas on Black faces. An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us.”
Longtime residents say they were hurt and shocked.
“I find it to be pretty deplorable that someone would do that,” said one woman. “It basically exemplifies black power, black excellence.”
(Via: FF)
Blog Author's Comments: “Black power” and “black excellence?” The Black Panthers were a pack of cop-killing criminals. That’s excellence? And note the use of the word “deplorable.” A veiled attack against supporters of President Trump.
A racist symbol was painted over a racist mural. Yes, it was indeed “a targeted and deliberate act to inflict fear and incite violence.” But who did it? I just have a hard time believing this is an actual “hate crime” and not yet another hoax perpetrated by the very people who are now screaming for vengeance.
With blog author's tongue in cheek...White Trump supporters probably did it. They were wearing flannel shirts, blue jeans, work boots, MAGA hats and crucifix necklaces. They were eating Chik-Fil-A, listening to Ted Nugent and carrying AR-15's.
