A 37-year-old skateboarder who allegedly threw paint on a George Floyd statue in Manhattan’s Union Square Park was arrested Monday, cops said.
Micah Beals, of Rutgers Street, was charged with second-degree criminal mischief for allegedly tossing paint on the sculpture around 10:15 a.m. Oct. 3, according to police.
Video released by cops soon after the vandalism showed the moment he rode up to the statue and splashed it with paint.
“The individual threw gray paint on the face and base of the statue and then fled the location while still riding on the skateboard,” the NYPD said in a report on the incident.
The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force investigated and released video surveillance of the man that showed him inside of the 14th Street station — the F line at Sixth Avenue — before the incident, according to police.
