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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
National
Ben Reid

No arrests one month after Nottingham Council House sprayed with graffiti during Black Lives Matter protest

One month after Nottingham Council House was targeted by graffiti vandals during a Black Lives Matters protest, no arrests have been made by police.

A small number of protesters from the peaceful Forest Recreation Ground event spilled into the city centre where they huddled around Byron House, the city's police station on June 7.

Police also said three people climbed up on to the canopy outside the entrance.

Some then decided to deface the Council House writing Black Lives Matter across the entrance, above the lion, and then across the sides of the building.

Hundreds of protesters took to the Forest Rec to protest against racism and the death of George Floyd who died at the hands of police officers in the United States.

The vandalism prompted 18-year-old protester Storm Bennett Baker, of Bulwell, and her friends to clean up the mess.

Miss Baker was appalled by the behaviour and other people helped out.

One month on since the vandalism a Nottinghamshire Police spokesman told Nottinghamshire Live: "No arrests have been made but if anyone has any information please call police on 101."

Other peaceful protests for Black Lives Matters have also taken part in Nottingham without incident.

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