A New York police officer was injured after slipping on the paint while trying to stop a woman splashing black paint on the Black Lives Matter street mural outside the Trump Tower in Manhattan.
The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon in the 5th Avenue mural created on the orders of Mayor Bill de Blasio, which has become a flashpoint and was defaced twice more this week.
The officer, who appeared to be slipping on the protester’s wet paint and hitting his head on the asphalt, was transported to Bellevue Hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.
The shocking scene unfolded when a woman wearing a shirt that said ‘Jesus matters’ was parading down the street pouring a can of black paint onto the bright yellow mural. She has been identified as Beverly Beatty, the president of the At The Wells Ministry.
The incident happened on Saturday afternoon on the Fifth Avenue mural when a woman poured black paint over the letters.
Do you want to shell out the police for blacks? the woman screamed when officers tried to stop her. We love our police! Refinance our police! Earlier this month, $ 1 billion was cut from NYPD’s $ 6 billion budget
The woman started screaming as a spectator when a police officer tried to arrest her, and the officer slipped on the fresh paint.
The policeman landed hard on the pavement as the woman continued to smear her black paint in protest of the BLM movement.
An officer was injured when he slipped on the fresh paint and appeared to hit his head on the asphalt.
For about 30 seconds, the officer writhed in pain on the street after slipping and appearing to injure his arm or head.
Do you want to shell out the police for blacks? the woman screamed, the video of the incident shows. We love our police! Refinance our police!
Earlier this month, de Blasio and the New York City Council cut $ 1 billion from the NYPD’s $ 6 billion annual budget in response to protests over police practices following the death of George Floyd.
In June, shooting incidents rose 130 percent in the city from the same month last year, to the highest level for the month since 1996.
You don’t care about black lives! the woman continued. Refinance the police!
De Blasio has reportedly assigned a 24-hour police detail with a total of three sergeants and 24 officers to protect the Fifth Avenue mural.
On Saturday, the police stopped as the woman poured her paint, then moved in to stop her after her can was empty.
Other officers rushed to help his colleague after he writhed in pain on the street.
De Blasio has reportedly assigned a 24-hour police detail with a total of three sergeants and 24 officers to protect the 5th Avenue mural located outside the Trump Tower as a message to the President.
You don’t care about black lives! shouted the woman, who was wearing a “Jesus matters” shirt. Refinance the police!
An officer tries to stop a protester by smearing paint on the Black Lives Matter mural outside the Trump Tower.
The woman was finally arrested. It is the third time this week and the second in two days that the mural has been defaced by protesters opposing the recent police reaction.
Undeterred, the woman began to crawl across the floor and smeared her fresh paint with gloved hands, as she continued to voice her opinions.
They don’t care about black lives. They are liars! She screamed, as two uniformed officers tried to grab her by the arms.
Then one of the officers is seen slipping on the fresh paint and falling onto the street.
The wounded officer is seen writhing in pain as several passersby bend down to help him.
“I think he could have broken his arm,” says one woman. Then other officers approach and help the wounded police officer stand up, and lead him aside.
Paramedics evaluated the wounded officer at the scene and was transported to Bellevue.
Painting is seen on the face of a New York Police Department officer as he receives assistance after being injured in an attempt to apprehend a protester who stains the paint on the Black Lives Matter mural outside the Trump Tower
Paramedics evaluated the wounded officer at the scene and he was transferred to Bellevue Hospital.
Paint poured by protesters is seen on the Black Lives Matter mural outside the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan
‘Fortunately our brother will be fine, but this nonsense must stop. Our city is in crisis. Painting on the street does not help anyone, ” the Benevolent Patrol Association, the union that represents New York police officers, said in a tweet.
Beatty was charged with criminal mischief and released with a desk fine.
Upon leaving custody, she reportedly immediately went to another Black Lives Matter mural in Harlem and repeated her performance.
‘This agenda is bigger than the black one. It is a communist agenda. It’s wrapped in ‘for the people’, but it will lead to socialism and ultimately communism, ” Beatty, who is black, told Newsmax TV about her views on Black Lives Matter in a previous interview.
It is the third time this week and the second in two days that the mural has been defaced by protesters who oppose the recent anti-police reaction.
On Friday, two women were arrested and charged with criminal mischief after splashing blue paint on the 5th Avenue mural. Both were released with tickets to the desk, and the mural had already been repainted on Saturday.
On Monday, an unknown man was seen splashing red paint on the letters before fleeing the scene.
Protesters have vowed to continue attacking the taxpayer-funded mural as long as it remains on 5th Avenue.
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