Arthur Ashe Statue in Virginia Vandalized With 'White Lives Matter'

Passers-by said they saw a man in a blue T-shirt, dark red baseball cap and American flag bandanna spray paint "WLM" on the pedestal of the statue.

"We heard spray can rattling as we walked around the monument," said Betsy Milburn, 45, who was walking along the avenue with her friend Fatima Pashaei.
As Ms. Milburn and Ms. Pashaei turned to the man, whose face was partially covered by his bandanna, he spoke to them.

"He said 'You guys tagged my statue so I am tagging your statue,'" Ms. Milburn said. The man then walked to a white car and drove off, she said.

Someone also spray painted "BLM" for Black Lives Matter in pink over the initial "WLM" graffiti. Volunteers cleaned the monument, and all of the "White Lives Matter" graffiti was removed before the end of the day.