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November 07, 2007 by Jason Gregory | Photo by WENN
Suspect Charged For Hanging Noose On Tupac Statue
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A man has been charged for vandalising a statue of the late US rapper Tupac Shakur, a police spokesperson has confirmed.

DeKalb County police in Georgia arrested the suspect, Kenneth Anthony Wilson, last Thursday (November 1st) in relation to a series of incidents at the Tupac Amaru Shakur Centre for the Arts in Stone Mountain.

As previously reported on Gigwise, a noose was found hanging around the neck of the Tupac statue at the Arts Centre on October 20th.

Wilson, who is of African-American descent, will now face a felony charge of second degree criminal damage.

DeKalb Police spokesperson, Mekka Parish, added that Wilson not be charged with carrying out a hate crime, however, because there was no evidence that the defacing was a racially motivated attack.
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  • we should hang him instead, what a disrespectful bastard, out here in california we would hang him.....

    ~ by kadafi5150 11/11/2007 Report

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  • a black man did this? even worse! such disrespect for a true legend.

    ~ by Paulos 11/11/2007 Report

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