A statue honoring President Theodore Roosevelt which stands in front of New York’s American Museum of Natural History was vandalized with red paint on Thursday, according to reports.
Police said the incident occurred between 3 a.m. and 7 a.m. and they are checking surveillance video of the area for clues, according to the New York Post.
Photos: Teddy Roosevelt Statue At American Museum Of Natural History Vandalized With Red Painthttps://t.co/sqzYMcDFv2 pic.twitter.com/x9WGHFNeYc
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A group calling itself the Monument Removal Brigade took credit for the attack. In a rambling statement released Thursday, the group said the “real damage” was not to the statue, but “lies with patriarchy, white supremacy, and settler-colonialism embodied by the statue.”
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