LA AIDS Memorial Vandalized - Lez Get Real
source: http://lezgetreal.com/2010/07/la-aids-memorial-vandalized/
-
-
- toyotabedzrock
- added this
An art project dedicated to Latino AIDS victims has been vandalized in Los Angles.
The Wall Las Memorias – an inspirational art project dedicated as a Latino AIDS monument on World AIDS Day in 2004 – has been vandalized. Apparently a mother went to see the name of her son on the Wall in Highland Park and found a section of the mural splashed in yellow paint.
Said the Wall’s founder, Richard Zaldivar, “The vandalism was done to the section of the AIDS mural that depicts a child saying, ‘I once knew a child with AIDS.’ And so it is really sad and very troubling that someone would use this opportunity to damage a piece of art that was created for the purpose HIV prevention and education to our community…. It seemed to be very targeted. There are six painted murals and only this mural was vandalized. So it was very targeted and focused.”
Zaldivar also said he is currently working with the police to determine whether the vandalism was a hate crime.
The Wall Las Memorias – an inspirational art project dedicated as a Latino AIDS monument on World AIDS Day in 2004 – has been vandalized. Apparently a mother went to see the name of her son on the Wall in Highland Park and found a section of the mural splashed in yellow paint.
Said the Wall’s founder, Richard Zaldivar, “The vandalism was done to the section of the AIDS mural that depicts a child saying, ‘I once knew a child with AIDS.’ And so it is really sad and very troubling that someone would use this opportunity to damage a piece of art that was created for the purpose HIV prevention and education to our community…. It seemed to be very targeted. There are six painted murals and only this mural was vandalized. So it was very targeted and focused.”
Zaldivar also said he is currently working with the police to determine whether the vandalism was a hate crime.
-
- tags:
- LGBT, Hate Crime, Vandalism, World AIDS Day, 1 more
