David Nelson, 54, and Nicole Anderson, 43, were charged with burglarizing a dead man’s home while the vandalism case was pending.
MARTINEZ — A Bay Area couple who were filmed painting over a Black Lives Matter mural in downtown Martinez — leading to protests and vandalism charges — have taken plea deals, court records show.burglary charges
Nelson pleaded no contest to a felony burglary count, as well as misdemeanor vandalism. He received 120 days in jail and two years of probation, records show. It all started with a viral video that captured Nelson and Anderson pulling up to the mural on July 4, 2020, pouring black paint on it, and Anderson beginning to use a roller to cover the “B” and “L” in “Black.” Nelson, wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat, shouted that they were doing it because they’re “sick of this narrative” and that racism is a “leftist lie.”
After the Contra Costa District Attorney filed vandalism and hate crime charges against the couple, which their attorney called politically motivated. Nelson and Anderson were interviewed, where Nelson said he was offended by the Black Lives Matter “graffiti” because, “I don’t agree with BLM.” They said it was Anderson’s idea to paint over the mural.
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