Woman Who Dumped Paint on Black Lives Matter Mural Defaces Two Others

NYPD officers attempt to detain Bevelyn Beatty, who poured black paint on the Black Lives Matter mural outside of Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York, on July 18, 2020. Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo

A woman who dumped black paint on a “Black Lives Matter” mural in New York City defaced two other murals championing the political movement.

Bevelyn Beatty, 29, of Staten Island, was arrested with another woman on Saturday for dumping paint over the yellow words on Fifth Avenue outside the Trump Tower.