Posted on 10/28/2021 3:25:57 PM PDT by NohSpinZone
New York police have arrested a man in connection with the vandalism of a newly-unveiled statue of George Floyd earlier this month.
The New York City Police Department Hate Crimes Task Force announced on Monday that it had charged 37-year-old Micah Beals of Manhattan with second-degree criminal mischief.
Beals' attorney, Rebecca Heinsen of Legal Aid Society, declined to comment on the arrest or charge.
Outlets including Newsweek and People report that Beals is an actor who goes by the stage name Micah Femia. He appeared in the 2013 movie Pop Star as well as one 2011 episode of NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation and a 2005 episode of CSI: NY, according to IMDb.
He was also arrested under his stage name in Washington, D.C., for violating curfew on Jan. 7, according to data from the Metropolitan Police Department.
Video of the Oct. 3 incident shows a man on a skateboard tossing grey paint on the face of the statue, which had recently arrived in Manhattan's Union Square Park as part of a touring art installation called SEEINJUSTICE.
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Since when were leftists all that perturbed about demolishing statues? Isn't that their thing?
Yeah, good choice. I'm sure an activist group like that will DEFINITELY put your defense over advancing their political agenda.
Wait, wasn’t he in.....never mind.
That is not yet enough to overcome the voting machine algorithm that reduces the Republican vote by 5% and increases the Democrat vote by same resulting in fractional votes. It is not yet enough to overcome the massive vote creation and substitution that thrives on mail in voting
Vandalism is suddenly illegal? Weird.
Right the left gets to vandalize with impunity. The actor should make that part of their defense. There are plenty of provable examples.
Gray paint> Pathetic. Would take a lot more against bronze.
but removing Thomas Jefferson statue is fine
All he was doing was making the statue more representative of the guy.
At least he can still get arrested in that town!
Waiting for blm and antifa to be charged..
An actor I can agree with.
This is not a crime. Defacing streets with blm slogans is. Toppling status of Columbus is.
I think you mean ex-actor. He’ll never work in that field again. Maybe he can do a podcast.
Sorry, but they forfeited any right to charge a person with
this sort of thing, when they allowed all the other statues
to be destroyed with no penalty.
If Lefties sensitivities are that special, then the
sensitivities on the right must be also.
This should be thrown out of court at once.
it was a POLITICAL statement... right? free speech and all
This was clearly an accident. Alec did not mean to shoot the statue. He was handed the “cold gun” and was practicing his quick draw. Case closed.
acting out in some circumstances has its consequences....
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