#WOMAN PAINTS OVER GAY PRIDE ART DRIVER#
"The video shows that the driver willfully drove the vehicle with disregard for the safety of any other persons or property," police said.Īnother witness named Dave Armstrong came forward with additional information of Jerich's vehicle "burn out."Īrmstrong said that on Monday, Trump's 75th birthday, he attended a "President Trump Birthday Rally," where 30 vehicles met at the Delray Beach Marketplace and a driving route was provided, according to the report.
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That same day, an unnamed witness contacted police and provided their cellphone footage of the vandalism. Police first noticed the painted streetscape of Northeast First Street and Northeast Second Avenue was left with two 15-foot black tire skid marks from Jerich's vehicle on Tuesday.
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We will continue to support residents and welcome visitors, regardless of gender, race or sexual orientation." "While we were saddened by his actions, our city remains committed to equality. "Thankfully the Delray Beach Police Department was able to identify and arrest him just days after the crime was committed," Petrolia said. "We're now living in an age where people feel empowered to go out and deface a synagogue, or a mosque or this week, a memorial to the LGBTQ pride community," he said. Hoch said that Delray Beach has many senior citizens who are openly LGBTQ and that hundreds of people came out Saturday to celebrate the new rainbow streetscape.Īlexander Jerich, 20, is accused of vandalizing an LGBTQ Pride streetscape in Delray Beach, Florida by doing a "burnout" with his vehicle, police said.
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Jerich has been charged with criminal mischief over $1,000, reckless driving, and evidence of prejudice, a felony enhancement, the police report said. We've been working with the LGBTQ community and the city, governments and county governments for decades," Hoch said, who pointed out he was Florida's first openly gay judge in the 1990s. His organization alongside the AIDS Healthcare Foundation paid $16,000 for the artwork's installment. "When I first saw the video, I was just taken aback," Rand Hoch, president of the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council (PBCHRC), told Newsweek. "Just two days after we joyously celebrated the ribbon cutting of the Delray Beach Pride Streetscape, a young man from a nearby town callously vandalized this symbol of unity and inclusion," Delray Beach Mayor Shelly Petrolia said in a statement to Newsweek. Read more: /PrmKmOJjKS- WPEC CBS12 News June 18, 2021 The mural by street artist Scott Marsh depicted George Michael wearing religious robes with a halo was painted last year after the death of George Michael but was only graffitied in the past week, following the result of the same-sex marriage postal survey.WATCH: A man was arrested after he was caught on camera doing what appeared to be an intentional âburnoutâ with his vehicle over the LGBTQ pride crosswalk in Delray Beach, causing significant damage to the streetscape painting. The 16-year-old is the second person to be charged with graffitiing the mural this week.
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The NSW Member for Newtown Jenny Leong slammed the new graffiti as "completely offensive homophobic messaging" and said they were "quite scary attempts to threaten people that are part of a community that want to celebrate difference and diversity and are celebrating a Yes vote". The new graffiti shows crucifixes and homophobic messages in yellow spray paint on both of the murals. Police say a group of young men were spotted graffitiing the murals yesterday afternoon and one was arrested when he was caught by police defacing the George Michael mural on Bray Street in Erskineville. Police have charged a 16-year-old boy with graffiti after a controversial mural in Newtown was defaced with homophobic messages and crucifixes in yellow paint.Ī painting of George Michael and another of Tony Abbott and cardinal George Pell have been defaced several times in the past week, first being painted over and then amended with messages written over the top.