Donald Trump’s new luxury hotel in downtown Washington has been vandalized.
Police in Washington, D.C., say someone spray-painted the phrases “black lives matter” and “no justice no peace” on the building’s facade over the weekend, The Associated Press reported.
The word “Van” was spray-painted in red below the two phrases, according to footage of the incident.
On Sunday, the two phrases on the Trump International Hotel, which opened on Sept. 12., were covered up with pieces of wood.
Aquita Brown, a police spokesperson, said told AP that police haven’t identified any suspects. They’re still investigating the matter.
New Trump hotel at Old Post Office vandalized with “Black Lives Matter” graffiti. https://t.co/O1jkxbzBaK pic.twitter.com/Xo8x4LTEAD
— DCist (@DCist) October 3, 2016
Plywood now covers #BlackLivesMatter message spray-painted on Trump hotel in DC. pic.twitter.com/mzzUwCUsSZ
— Joe Heim (@JoeHeim) October 2, 2016
The Trump Organization secured a 60-year-long lease from the federal government to transform Washington’s historic Old Post Office building on Pennsylvania Avenue into a hotel. Rooms at the hotel range from just under $400 a night to as much as $700 per night.
A video uploaded online shows the alleged perpetrator while bystanders condemn him and threaten to call the police.
The hotel was the site of a Trump campaign announcement last month, when the Republican candidate stated that President Obama was born in the United States. “Obama was born in the United States. Period,” Trump said in September.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
