Man arrested for vandalizing African Burial Ground NMon with racist slur

A Bronx man was arrested on Tuesday and charged with defacing the African Burial Ground National Monument in Lower Manhattan three weeks ago with a threatening racist slur.

The man, Ivan Nieves, 57, was charged with vandalism and disorderly conduct but not any hate crime. He was released on bond by a federal magistrate judge pending further proceedings.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/nyregion/african-burial-ground-arrest-vandalism.html

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