City of Richmond crews were busy Tuesday morning cleaning up yet another homophobic attack on rainbow crosswalks.
Both the Pride crosswalks at Minoru Boulevard near Richmond Public Library and the one near Palmer secondary were defaced overnight Monday into Tuesday.
Hateful graffiti was sprayed onto both crossings, much to the disgust of several Richmond News readers who reached out to the newsroom about the attacks.
The crosswalk at Palmer, however, did have words of comfort and support chalked on the sidewalk, perhaps in a bid to counteract the vandalism.
City spokesperson Clay Adams said city crews were out Tuesday morning cleaning up the vandalism, adding that the work is expected to be completed late morning.
“The vandalism of the crosswalk is disgusting and unacceptable behaviour that is not welcomed or tolerated in Richmond,” Adams added.
“Hate has no place in our city and we will continue to work to make Richmond a safe, inclusive and welcoming community for everyone.”
The rainbow crosswalk at Palmer was hit four times in a week earlier this month, after it was installed at the beginning of August.
The News has reached out to Richmond RCMP for more details on any investigation into the vandalism.
