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Arrest Made After Tupac Statue Is Vandalised

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Arrest Made After Tupac Statue Is Vandalised
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A man has been arrested after vandals tied a noose around the neck of a statue of the rapper Tupac on Saturday (October 20th).

The incident is one of a number of “hate crimes” that police say have taken place at the Tupac Centre For The Arts in DeKalb County, Georgia over recent weeks.

It’s reported that in another incident vandals wrote derisive remarks about Hurricane Katrina and the artists’ record labels on the statue.

According to the County Sheriff's Office the incidents are being investigated as “hate crimes,” reports TWN.

Speaking about the incident on Saturday, Tupac's mother thanked people for “their prayers and support.”

She told allhiphop: “Although our hearts are temporarily in pain, our spirits have already forgiven the perpetrators.

"Hate comes in all colours and genders therefore we will use this act of hate and ignorance to bring our community together and to pray for the healing of those who harbour such feelings."

No further details have been released about the man who has been taken into custody.
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  • there is just some ignorant ass people in this world. r.i.p tupac

    ~ by fan 10/24/2007

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  • The day we stop thinking that racisim does not exist, will be the day the world no longer rotates on its axis.

    ~ by Bopkane357 10/25/2007

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  • who said it’s racisim they prolly just hate tupac, racisim is a thing of the past, what can i say just a hand-full of people at stuck in their ways but they will soon die out

    ~ by SA 10/26/2007

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  • TuPac’s mother got a gun to her pregnant belly carrying him because she was a panther... and he was killed for exposing so much truth... you’re going to say racism doesn’t still exist?? it’s alive and well, and this incident goes to prove it.

    ~ by Tami 2/11/2008

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