A memorial park in Brooklyn honoring Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch received a fresh paint job after it was found vandalized with swastikas and the words “Go Trump” Friday (Nov. 18).
.@beastieboys Adam Yauch Park in Brooklyn Heights was left defaced with ugly symbols of hate today. This cannot be the new normal! pic.twitter.com/xWjS7HLNyG
— Karen Wang (@kw492) November 18, 2016
The memorial was repainted a day later with hearts and positive messages, reports the Huffington Post.
In addition, the Beastie Boys’ official Twitter account announced a rally in Brooklyn Sunday (Nov. 20), to take “a stand against hate message.”
Hate has no place in Brooklyn, NYC, or America.
Join us on Sunday to stand against hate messages.
11:30, Adam Yauch Park, Brooklyn, NYC pic.twitter.com/DZXcUyZauP— Beastie Boys (@beastieboys) November 19, 2016
The vandalism was the latest in sting of racist messages in wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s big election win against Hillary Clinton.
Yauch who was Jewish, passed away from Cancer in 2012. He was 47.
See photos from the rally below.
Words to live by at Adam Yauch Park today #BeastieBoys #MCA #LoveTrumpsHate pic.twitter.com/mSU7wrC13b
— nasty little man (@NastyLittleMan) November 20, 2016
The homies Horovitz, Hanna, and Heins
A photo posted by Scott Lynch (@scoboco) on
Happening now: AD Rock speaks at anti-racist protest in #Brooklyn where swastika were spray painted in MCAs park #BeastieBoys pic.twitter.com/DExLg72tDN
— Michael Nigro (@Nigrotime) November 20, 2016
Proud of everyone at Adam Yauch Park this morning as they stand up to hate. #NotMyPresident #BeastieBoys #AdamYauchPark #NYC pic.twitter.com/ZCfbaPQXig
— Jeronimo Saldaña (@JeronimoSaldana) November 20, 2016
Adam Yauch Park is so full of people here to denounce hate that some are climbing the playground equipment to get a view #BeastieBoys pic.twitter.com/jAu3BksViM
— Lucky Tran (@luckytran) November 20, 2016