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Can anyone tell me why

Painting BLM isn't considered vandalism, but it's considered a hate crime for someone to paint over it? I honestly don't understand this. To me it's considered a hate crime to have BLM on a street I have to see everyday. And vandalizing statues seam to be overlooked.
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SubstantialKick · 31-35, M
It depends on the reason [b]why[/b] it was painted over. Maybe the person doesn't think that us black people are humans and our lives matter too?
@SubstantialKick Exactly. That’s who would have a problem seeing it every day. 😒
melissa001 · 51-55, F
Then why do Black people get so offended if we say White lives matter, or all lives matter?. All lives matter " includes black lives too.
@melissa001 Mainly because historically white lives have always mattered over everyone else’s. Most people are aware of this. And the fact that you were not saying it before is indicative that you are only saying it in rebuttal. Nobody is saying [b]only[/b] black lives matter so there’s nothing for you to argue unless you [b]disagree[/b].
@melissa001 Same reason you would be upset if your mom died, and someone said”but everyone eventually dies.” You’re talking about your mom.

Right now, the issue is how the police are killing Black people. So saying All Lives Matter is just deflection. No one ever said All Lives Matter until BLM became a thing.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@SubstantialKick Possibly, but they could simply and quite rightly not have wanted [i]any[/i] graffiti there, irrespective of what it is or of any cause.

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@ArishMell And if it’s [b]their[/b] property they’re removing it from, they won’t be in trouble. In my state, the couple who painted over a “Black Lives Matter” mural didn’t own the property and it had been posted with permission.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@bijouxbroussard Oh, I take your point - yes it should be left alone [i]if [/i]genuinely artistic and by the property owner's permission. Mere slogans are not murals, whatever they are trying to say, and are shabby.

The OP made no mention of any mural or permission, just a slogan painted as mere graffito, and most graffiti are unauthorised and messy.