A Breonna Taylor billboard in Louisville, Kentucky, was vandalized Tuesday with red paint all over her forehead splash.
The billboard is a total of 26 that will be placed around Taylor’s hometown of Louisville by media mogul Oprah Winfrey and the team behind O: The Oprah Magazine. The first was posted on August 6th.
By Tuesday afternoon, the paint was removed, CBS affiliate WLKY reported.
All billboards depict the cover of the September issue of the magazine with a portrait of Taylor, 26, an African-American licensed medical technician, who was shot and killed during a police raid on her home in March. The cover marks the first time in the magazine’s history that anyone other than Winfrey sat on the cover.
Each billboard – one for each year of Taylor’s life – has a call to demand action that the three Louisville Metro Police officers who unloaded their weapons during the shooting were arrested and charged. The case has drawn widespread criticism and national protests.
The billboard also includes a quote from Winfrey: “If you turn a blind eye to racism, you become an accomplice to it.”
One of the three officers, Brett Hankison, was fired. The other two officers in the robbery were placed on administrative leave.
The Kentucky Attorney General is investigating the case.
