Mr. Carson, 30, who is white, said he spent about $600 making the sculpture, which he placed in the plaza on Dec. 12. It didn’t matter.”Mayor Libby Schaaf of Oakland denounced the vandalism in a Twitter post on Monday. “It’s a vicious attack against the light + justice sought in Breonna Taylor’s name,” Ms. Schaaf wrote. Mr. Carson said that the outpouring of support from the community had been heartening and that he had raised about $8,000 on a GoFundMe page toward building a new sculpture from bronze. He said he planned to donate the remaining funds to Ms. Taylor’s family.

Source: New York Times December 29, 2020 04:51 UTC