Video Shows Woman Defacing Bust of York on Mount Tabor With Purple Spray Paint

A video taken this morning on Mount Tabor shows a woman railing against a bust of York, the only Black member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, moments after she defaced the bronze statue with purple spray paint.

“It’s love and unity,” the woman says, “not to replace a white man with a fucking Black man. That’s not fucking unity.”

The woman, who appears distressed, is holding two cans of spray paint while standing in front of the bust, which is covered in purple scrawl. The bust of York appeared in February after protesters toppled a statue of Harvey Scott that previously stood on the site.