-- REGARDING BLACK
LIVES MATTER
ARTWORK THAT WAS
TAKEN DOWN OVER
THE WEEKEND.
THE ARTWORK WAS
IN SUPPORT OF THE
MOVEMENT THAT HAS
BEEN HAPPENING
ACROSS THE GLOBE.
AND JOSH NAVARRO
JOINS US LIVE NOW
WITH MORE ON THIS.
THE ART -- DONE BY
ALEXA GUZMAN'S
"PROJECT AIR" -- AIMS
TO SPREAD
AWARENESS OF
BLACK LIVES MATTER
THROUGH ART.
ON SATURDAY,
SOMEONE SAW MEN
TAKING DOWN
ARTWORK IN
FAIRPORT AND
POSTED IT TO SOCIAL
MEDIA.
AFTER IT GAINED
TRACTION, ONE OF
THE MEN WAS
IDENTIFIED AS AN
EMPLOYEE OF THE
FAIRPORT BREWING
COMPANY.
THE BREWERY
RELEASED A
STATEMENT SAYING
THE COMPANY
STANDS WITH THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER
MOVEMENT.
THAT STATEMENT
WENT ON TO SAY
QUOTE--
THE REMOVAL WAS
NOT DONE AT F-B-C'S
DIRECTION, NOR WAS
OWNER TIM GARMAN
INVOLVED.
THE EMPLOYEE WHO
UNDERTOOK THE
REMOVAL HAS BEEN
PLACED ON
ADMINISTRATIVE
LEAVE EFFECTIVE
IMMEDIATELY AND IS
NO LONGER
WORKING AT F-B-C.
GUZMAN SAYS THE
ART BEING TORN
DOWN HAS ONLY
RAISED MORE
AWARNESS.
"It was an
unfortunate
circumstance, but
unfortunately for
them, it's creating
the discourse that
this project was
designed to create."
"They can tear it
down, they can try
to silence us, but it's
not going to work."
THE VILLAGE OF
FAIRPORT
RESPONDING WITH A
FACEBOOK POST
ASKING COMMUNITY
MEMBERS NOT TO
PUT SIGNAGE ON
PUBLIC PROPERTY
AND TAKING THEM
DOWN IS THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF
THE TOWN NOT
COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
JN NEWS 8
THERE WERE
SEVERAL PROTESTS
THROUGHOUT THE
WEEKEND IN
RESPONSE TO
