Police are looking to identify a white man and white woman who vandalized a city-approved Black Lives Matter mural in Martinez, California, on the Fourth of July.
Sappal confirmed that the mural was painted after community members had obtained the proper permits. Similar murals have been painted all over the country, including in cities such as Washington, D.C., and New York.
In the video, onlookers asked what was wrong with the couple and called the vandalism racist. The man, who was wearing a red shirt that read “Trump Four More Years,” said they were tired of “the narrative of oppression.” “There is no oppression, there is no racism,” the man said, while holding his phone up. “It’s a leftist lie. It’s a lie from the media, the liberal left.”Meanwhile, the woman continued to paint over the yellow “Black Lives Matter” mural with black paint. At one point, she asked the man to get her another can.The man and woman continued to get into verbal arguments with numerous onlookers throughout the five-minute video.
About four minutes into the video, a woman who was shouting at the couple took the paint can from them.The Martinez Police Department did not immediately respond to an email and phone call from NBC News inquiring about possible charges.
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