vandalism

The homes of several members of the Boston City Council were targeted by vandals over the weekend. Annissa Essaibi-George is one of the councilors whose homes were hit. “It is not appropriate at all to think of this group coming in the middle of the night to my home to really vandalize my property and attempt to scare me and…

The homes of several members of the Boston City Council were targeted by vandals over the weekend.

Some Boston city councilors were the targets of vandals at their own homes.

Over the past month, protesters have across the country have torn down and vandalized statues of historical figures that they say are racially offensive. While President Trump vows to protect certain statues, the issue has become political.

A statue of Christopher Columbus in Worcester, Massachusetts, has become the latest likeness of a controversial historical figure to be vandalized. Surveillance video captured two men tossing red paint and spray-painting the statue outside of Union Station at about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, the city said. The video shows one man dump paint on the head of the statue before fleeing…

The vandalism of a Christopher Columbus statue in Worcester is under investigation.

A mural honoring George Floyd in Woburn, Massachusetts, has been vandalized for the second time in less than two weeks. The tribute to Floyd, located in the Tri-Community Greenway on the Woburn-Stoneham Line, was found covered with red paint this weekend. After the painting was defaced the first time, the artist, 42-year-old Esben Rey, vowed to repaint it. The Jamaica…

For the second time, someone has spray painted all over George Floyd’s face on a mural in Woburn, Massachusetts.

Three people who were allegedly involved in vandalizing the Christopher Columbus statue in Providence have been arrested and charged, police in Rhode Island say. Derrick Garforth, 34, Charlotte Whittingham, 28, and Mackenzie Innis, 26, were all charged with desecration of a grave/monument, which is a felony, and conspiracy. Providence police say detectives were conducting surveillance in the area of Reservoir…

The head of a statue of Christopher Columbus in Boston’s North End was vandalized overnight.

A Rhode Island police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave while authorities investigate the use of a “less lethal device” that sent a man to the hospital during an outbreak of violence in Providence a week ago. The officer involved is a 13-year veteran of the Providence police department, according to an emailed statement late Monday from department…

Cleanup was underway Monday after a night of destruction where protesters vandalized and looted numerous stores on Boston’s Newbury and Boylston streets and in Downtown Crossing.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh thanked police and protesters on Sunday, while blasting those who helped turn what had been a largely peaceful day into a night of violence. “I want to thank the officers of the Boston Police Department and all of the public safety agencies for their professionalism tonight,” Walsh said on Twitter. “They are working hard, as they…

After hours of peaceful protests in Boston, some demonstrators clashed with police officers. A police cruiser was set on fire, and some stores were broken into and looted.

Boston police are investigating vandalism to the Puerto Rican Veterans Memorial in the South End that happened the day before Memorial Day. Two stone pillars at the entrance to the monument were damaged and a Puerto Rican flag was lowered. The damage was reported at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Boston police said. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said on Twitter he is…

Two stone pillars at the entrance to the monument were damaged and a Puerto Rican flag was lowered.

Police are searching for the vandals who knocked over and damaged several headstones at a cemetery in Hingham, Massachusetts. Police were called to the Hingham Cemetery on South Street at about 1 p.m. Wednesday for a report that several headstones had been knocked over. When officers arrived, nine headstones in the same row had been tipped over. Several of the…

A Massachusetts teenager is facing numerous charges of vandalism to historic landmarks, including Plymouth Rock, according to police. On the morning of Feb. 17, police received several reports of vandalism to properties that were defaced with red spray paint – most written with the number and letter combination 508 MOF. The locations police say were vandalized include: Plymouth Rock Pilgrim…

Residents in Plymouth, Massachusetts, are heartbroken after discovering Sunday that the town’s 9/11 memorial was vandalized, just days after Plymouth Rock was vandalized in an apparent graffiti spree. The memorial in Plymouth was built to remember the victims, and Richard Quintal, who led the campaign to erect the memorial, says it was the first memorial in the nation to list…

Residents in Plymouth, Massachusetts, are heartbroken after discovering Sunday that the town’s 9/11 memorial was vandalized, just days after Plymouth Rock was vandalized in an apparent graffiti spree.