Photo from Jan. 12 by Stacie Joy
In recent days, someone vandalized the memorial honoring Renee Nicole Good and others who have died as a result of immigration enforcement outside St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery at 10th Street and Second Avenue.
Church officials responded in an Instagram post last evening, writing: "Our dignity cannot be erased."
Local City Council Member Harvey Epstein also documented the damage...
A banner now hangs outside the church reading: "We will not keep silent. Our dignity cannot be erased." (
Photos yesterday by Steven.)
... alongside an RIP message for Good, a 37-year-old mother of three originally from Colorado who was fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
On Jan. 12, faith leaders and community members gathered at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery for a Vigil of Lament and Hope honoring Good and others. The service included prayers, reflections, music and moments of silence, bringing together clergy and neighbors from multiple faith communities across the city.
All the cameras in the 'hood and we cannot make a determination of who is responsible for this vandalism? This is unacceptable.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering what happened when I walked by last night…. Thanks for the reporting.
ReplyDeleteThis is difficult to see believe me but let’s not assume the world is full of awful people like this. The jerk that did this is in the minority
ReplyDeleteOur vulgar, violent president has given permission by his actions for fringe groups in our country to act out their hostility. And this is one small example. The killings of Good and Pretti are acts of hostility on a presidential level. The new sign is a good response.
ReplyDeleteIts done by some moronic graffiti "artist"
DeleteBased on the look of the graffiti that was sprayed on the images it was probably just kids who really did not know what they were doing and were just being destructive in a general sense.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I thought too.
DeleteI agree that this probably wasn't a political gesture, but even a dumbass teenager knows what a memorial looks like, especially literally right outside a church. Kids, that was some pathetic, fucked-up shit you did here. No clout. Just garbage behavior.
DeleteWhole neighborhood is covered by the graffiti, much of it done by older miscreants, and not just "teenagers"
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