Police are investigating the theft of a bronze plaque from Bruce's Beach in Manhattan Beach, a memorial that details the site's racially charged history. The plaque, which honors the Black families that were driven out of the area by white people in 1924, was reported stolen around noon in a recent wave of crimes targeting metal items. The theft of the plaque, installed last year by the city of Manhattan Beach, is part of a series of similar crimes where thieves have targeted valuable metals in public spaces, including the Jackie Robinson statue.
A plaque commemorating the Black family who owned a patch of California beach that was seized in 1924 by segregationist government officials has been stolen, authorities say. https://t.co/NJ3ZJ7fiLN
Last year, the city of Manhattan Beach, California installed a new plaque to honor the Black families that were run out of town by white people in 1924 from a thriving Black community they built called Bruce's Beach. Now, someone has stolen the plaque. https://t.co/EQ0fpdwzSs
A woman in Oakland was just minutes away from moving out of the Bay Area when thieves stole her loaded moving van. https://t.co/BmrhZaSICK
A bronze plaque at a historic Manhattan Beach park was stolen by thieves in a string of crimes targeting valuable metals in public spaces. https://t.co/08KN1q4eBE
First the Jackie Robinson statue and now Bruce’s Beach? What exactly is going on here?!?
Bruce's Beach memorial plaque stolen from Manhattan Beach monument. https://t.co/6PgHAvrTVo Click the image to read more:
Have you seen this van? It was stolen from Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood yesterday around noon. A woman was in the process moving out of the Bay Area when everything she owns was stolen. Police confirm they are looking into the theft. @nbcbayarea https://t.co/qZWG0ydbQg
Memorial plaque stolen from Bruce's Beach in Manhattan Beach https://t.co/0fTGhr3eHb
Police are searching for the person or people who stole a bronze plaque detailing the racially charged history of Bruce’s Beach. The theft is the latest in a string of recent crimes in which thieves have made off with bronze or other metal items. https://t.co/mYUgjQJL3q