{"id":16764,"date":"2020-06-12T18:30:21","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T01:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/salon-owner-says-man-who-defaced-george-floyd-mural-returned-to-apologize"},"modified":"2020-06-16T10:17:30","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T17:17:30","slug":"salon-owner-says-man-who-defaced-george-floyd-mural-returned-to-apologize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/news\/salon-owner-says-man-who-defaced-george-floyd-mural-returned-to-apologize","title":{"rendered":"Salon owner says man who defaced George Floyd mural returned to apologize"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man believed to be the person captured on video painting over a George Floyd mural<\/a> outside a salon in Downtown Long Beach last week returned to the scene Friday, startling the shop\u2019s owner.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said, \u2018I want to apologize for what I did,\u2019\u201d said Tiffany Sidwell, owner of Verde Salon. \u201cI just told him \u2018You need to get out, I\u2019m with a client right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before leaving, she said the man pulled down his mask and said, \u201cI don\u2019t have Covid, lady.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following the sudden encounter, Sidwell called the Long Beach Police Department and filed a report. Police confirmed that a report was taken, but said they would not be able to immediately provide comment.<\/p>\n

Sidwell said the man also taped notes near the painting of Floyd that read, \u201cI don\u2019t need stupid thugs threatening me anymore. Your painting is fine R.I.P G.F.\u201d and \u201cA racist is a person full of hate. I am not a racist.\u201d<\/p>\n

The video of the man painting over the mural went viral and was picked up by activist Shaun King, who has a substantial following on social media.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shaunking\/photos\/a.799605230078397\/3224038694301693\/?type=3&theater<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess people found out who this guy was,\u201d Sidwell said. \u201cIt spread like wildfire.\u201d<\/p>\n

The man, whose alleged identity has been shared on numerous social media platforms, has not been arrested or charged for a crime.<\/p>\n

Sidwell had Anna and Kenny McBride of McBride Arts paint Floyd\u2019s likeness on plywood on the exterior of her salon to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement. After news spread that it had been painted over, the mural was repainted and graffiti-proofed.<\/p>\n

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Anna and Kenny McBride’s mural of George Floyd on Verde Salon’s boarded-up business. Courtesy McBride Arts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The repainted mural by Anna and Kenny McBride. Courtesy McBride Arts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sidwell said she is concerned the man may revisit the salon again and is contemplating requesting a restraining order should she need it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cHe said \u2018I want to apologize for what I did. I just told him \u2018You need to get out, I\u2019m with a client right now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":272,"featured_media":71074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2002],"tags":[23471],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[23994],"class_list":["post-16764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-george-floyd","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16764"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=16764"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=16764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}