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A statue of African-American icon Arthur Ashe has been vandalized with âWhite Lives Matterâ and âWLMâ in Virginia ⌠and now police are investigating.
The monument was tagged in white spray paint early Wednesday morning ⌠and law enforcement says they have info on potential suspects.
The original vandalism was later written over with âBLMâ in red spray paint ⌠and local reports say community members were already trying to remove the graffiti by the time cops arrived to the scene.
đ¨BREAKING: Someone spray-painted âWLM,â on the Arthur Ashe statue, âBLMâ was painted over it.
Ashe, a tennis legend & Richmond native, has the only African American statue on Monument Avenue, amongst the other 5 Confederate leaders. pic.twitter.com/eADAGknL0S
â Anthony Antoine (@AnthonyNBC12) June 17, 2020
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Ashe â who broke barriers in the sport of tennis in becoming the first black man to win the Wimbledon, Australian Open and U.S. Open â was honored with a statue in his hometown of Richmond in 1996.
Itâs worth noting ⌠the Ashe tribute is part of Richmondâs Memorial Avenue, which is filled with statues to Confederate leaders that have been attacked by protesters following George Floydâs death.
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