Baltimore (US), Jun 22 (AP) A statue and memorial to George Washington in Baltimore has been vandalised with red paint.

The Baltimore Sun reports that the memorial in Druid Hill Park in northwest Baltimore also had the words “Destroy Racists” and the initials for the Black Lives Matter movement written on the base.

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Police said Sunday morning that they had not received any complaints about the vandalism.

As statues and memorials to the Confederacy have been targeted across the South, protesters have also at times targeted Founding Fathers who were slaveholders, including Washington.

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Baltimore removed several statues and memorials linked to the Confederacy back in 2017. (AP)

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