The gold statue of George Floyd, which sits in Union Square Manhattan as part of the See Injustice series along with busts of fellow police victim Breonna Taylor and late civil rights icon John Lewis, was vandalized last week.
Today, the NYPD released a video of a skateboarder doing the deed.
The Confront Art and We Are Floyd groups, who commissioned the statue, commented on the vandalism.
"It takes a lot of courage to display the 3 statues we are exhibiting in Union Square. It also takes a good deal of courage to vandalize a statue on a global stage in broad daylight. This continues to bring light to our mission that art is a conversation catylist, a place for public discourse, and through these acts we can hopefully overcome hate and find unity for the future. We continue to be inspired to create and display public art to further this important mission."