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Watch: Thugs Destroy Memorial for Daunte Wright: ‘We Could Have Done Worse’
At least four people destroyed a Los Angeles makeshift memorial for Daunte Wright, the 20-year old Black man fatally shot by a white police officer, Kim Potter, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
This appears to be the memorial, part of a vigil, before it was destroyed.
Vigil for #DaunteWright has been built on Sunset and Vine. Riot cops have us surrounded on every street corner. pic.twitter.com/E3U0l6J3wH
— Vishal P Singh (@VPS_Reports) April 16, 2021
In a series of videos posted online the perpetrators, at least one masked, can be seen removing signs, grabbing flowers, and blowing out candles.
A woman off camera confronts them, and is told, “We could have done worse.”
Right-wing racists in Los Angeles destroy a vigil for Daunte Wright pic.twitter.com/MHOgv8Z0bC
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) April 16, 2021
By the time the incident is over, there is broken glass all over the sidewalk and the area is in shambles.
Trump supporters destroyed the #DaunteWright candlelight vigil in Hollywood after LAPD declared unlawful assembly and attacked activists. I have video to confirm the incident from witnesses on the scene. pic.twitter.com/4R26oNOPFM
— Vishal P Singh (@VPS_Reports) April 16, 2021
The identities of the people who destroyed the memorial, or any affiliation they may have, have not been confirmed.
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