SOMERVILLE, MASS. (WHDH) - A restaurant owner in Somerville says he’s not letting repeated vandalism of his eatery’s Black Lives Matter displays stop him from promoting the message.
A month an a half ago, a vandal or vandals broke a window with a Black Lives Matter display at Trina’s Starlight Lounge, owner Josh Childs said.
He covered it up with a board that says No Justice, No Peace and put another message in another window — but both board and window were spraypainted Thursday night, Childs said.
“It was clearly intended as intimidation and a racist assault on a space where we always try to be inclusive of everyone,” Childs said.
“You have to do this in the dark of night, it’s like a cockroach coming out.”
Childs replaced the board with a new one and said he won’t be deterred.
“We’re not going anywhere,” he said.
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