Mural In Greenwood Vandalized

Black Lives Matter Mural vandalized, while trying to make it permanent.

TULSA'S GREENWOOD DISTRICT.IT'S BEEN A POINT OFCONTENTION FOR MORE THAN AWEEK NOW...BUT CIVIL DIALOGUE OVER THEART INSTALLMENT --... TURNING DARK THISWEEKEND AFTER VANDALS --DEFACED THE MURAL...SPILLING A LINE OF BLUEPAINT STRAIGHT THROUGH THEWORDS BLACK LIVES MATTER.TWO WORKS FOR YOU'S TATIANNATAYLOR SAT DOWN WITH ONELEADER WHO'S FIGHTING TOKEEP THAT MURAL IN THEHISTORIC GREENWOODDISTRICT... TATIANNA --WHAT DOES A PATH FORWARDLOOK LIKE?CORI right now MANY AREHURT, DISAPPOINTED, ANGRY.EMOTIONS ARE AT AN ALL TIMEHIGH.

BUT, CITY LEADERS AREWORKING TO MAKE SURE THISMURAL BECOMES PERMANENT.

SOIF SOMETHING LIKE THISHAPPENS AGAIN, LEGAL ACTIONCAN BE TAKEN.DISTRICT ONE CITY COUNCILORVANESSA HALL-HARPER HASSPENT THE LAST FEW WEEKSFIGHTING TO HELP THE CITYUNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCEOF THE MURAL HERE IN THEGREENWOOD DISTRICT...Hall-Harper says GREENWOODSHOULD BE A PLACE OFDESTINATION, WHERE PEOPLECOME TO SHOP, GETENTERTAINMENT, AND LEARNABOUT THE HISTORY OF WHATHAPPENED HERE IN 1921.

ShePLANs TO BUILD A program FOREACH DISTRICT -- TOINITIATE WITH THE CITY OFTULSA... those programswould give each district thepower to halt or approveadditions -- like the blacklives matter mural... IF ITHAS CULTURAL, AND HISTORICALSIGNIFICANCE -- that alignswith the ideals of theprogram.VanessaHall-Harper//District OneCity Councilor <3:02-3:23