Two Staten Island women charged with defacing Black Lives Matter mural outside Trump Tower - women with ties to a pro-life religious organization were arrested after they allegedly defaced the Black Lives Matter mural outside the Trump Tower in Manhattan, only to be seen on video hours later dumping paint on two other murals in Brooklyn and Harlem.
Bevelyn Beatty, 29, and Edmee Chavannes, 39, both Black residents of Stapleton, were taken into custody after they allegedly smeared black paint across the bright yellow letters which read “Black Lives Matter” on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, police said.
During the act, which was posted by Beatty on Facebook, she can be heard saying: “Black Lives Matter, right? ... For the Black people. This is for the Black people. They’re destroying business for Black people. They’re looting for Black people.”
“No,” Beatty says as she dumps black paint onto the mural. “No. We’re not standing with Black Lives Matter. We want our police. Re-fund our police.”
Beatty and Chavannes were both charged with criminal mischief, given desk appearance tickets and released shortly afterwards.
A statement from At the Well Ministries, an organization that has posted videos of Beatty denouncing abortion, said the two women were “treated like royalty” by cops after their arrests.
“This was the BEST experience they have ever had with any police department,” the statement read, adding that police expressed their “HIGH APPRECIATION for what Bevelyn and Edmee stood up for today.”
While responding to the incident, a cop slipped on the paint that was poured on the mural — slamming his shoulder and head into the pavement. The statement said the officer is “doing very well and fine.”
“More to come,” the statement continued, “But we are taking our country back NOW!”
Two Staten Island women charged with defacing Black Lives Matter’mural outside Trump Tower
#protest
#blm
#activist
Bevelyn Beatty, 29, and Edmee Chavannes, 39, both Black residents of Stapleton, were taken into custody after they allegedly smeared black paint across the bright yellow letters which read “Black Lives Matter” on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, police said.
During the act, which was posted by Beatty on Facebook, she can be heard saying: “Black Lives Matter, right? ... For the Black people. This is for the Black people. They’re destroying business for Black people. They’re looting for Black people.”
“No,” Beatty says as she dumps black paint onto the mural. “No. We’re not standing with Black Lives Matter. We want our police. Re-fund our police.”
Beatty and Chavannes were both charged with criminal mischief, given desk appearance tickets and released shortly afterwards.
A statement from At the Well Ministries, an organization that has posted videos of Beatty denouncing abortion, said the two women were “treated like royalty” by cops after their arrests.
“This was the BEST experience they have ever had with any police department,” the statement read, adding that police expressed their “HIGH APPRECIATION for what Bevelyn and Edmee stood up for today.”
While responding to the incident, a cop slipped on the paint that was poured on the mural — slamming his shoulder and head into the pavement. The statement said the officer is “doing very well and fine.”
“More to come,” the statement continued, “But we are taking our country back NOW!”
Two Staten Island women charged with defacing Black Lives Matter’mural outside Trump Tower
#protest
#blm
#activist
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