Police released a video late Saturday night of the suspect who set fire to the LGBT mural at the outside digital mural space on Bryant at 24th Street that is curated by the Galería de la Raza.
The incident took place on June 29th at 11:10 p.m. and was the fourth time the mural – a digital triptych showing gay men and women on one side with a transgender person in the middle – had been vandalized.
The video shows a slender man dressed in a black sweatshirt, black pants, white tennis shows and white gloves with a black cloth covering the lower half of his face. He throws some liquid at the mural, strikes a match and then runs away as the liquid explodes into fire. A couple of passers-by calmly walk past. It’s unclear if police have interviewed the pedestrians.
The suspect is estimated to be 6’, 190 lbs., and “was last seen running southbound on Bryant towards 25th Street.”
Police ask anyone with information to call he Anonymous Tip Line at (415) 575-4444, or “Text-a-Tip” at TIP411 including “SFPD” at the beginning of the message. The lead investigator, Sergeant Pete Shields of the Special Investigations Division, can be reached at (415) 553-1133.
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SF Galería Recognizes One Suspect in Video, June 25, 2015
Gay Mural Will Be Restored As Many Times As Needed, June 24, 2015
Mural Honoring Gay Love Vandalized Again, June 22, 2015
SF Gay Mural Defaced and defamed, June 17, 2015
I’m sorry… what was the problem again….?
Cowardly homophobe. I hope they catch him.
How do we know it was a man? We need to stop labeling people by sex. This mural represents acceptance. Could possible be a Transgender.
What a coward