A ceramic bust in Oakland honoring Breonna Taylor that was smashed the day after Christmas has now been stolen, the artist said Tuesday. “The vandals are continuing their campaign of intimidation against the Black Lives Matter movement and we must resist their attempt to erase Breonna’s image,” Carson said Tuesday in an Instagram message. The artwork commemorated Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman shot to death by police inside her Louisville, Ky., apartment during a botched drug raid in March. When the GoFundMe account launched, Carson said any money not spent on rebuilding the sculpture would be given to Taylor’s family. Carson, who lives in Oakland, was notified of the vandalism in an Instagram message Saturday evening and went to see his artwork.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 29, 2020 20:37 UTC