Man vandalizes 'Black Lives Matter' sign outside LI church in suspected hate crime

Surveillance images show a man in a motorcycle helmet damaging a "Black Lives Matter" sign outside a Unitarian church in Suffolk County in October
Surveillance images show a man in a motorcycle helmet damaging a "Black Lives Matter" sign outside a Unitarian church in Suffolk County in October. Photo credit Suffolk County Police Department

STONY BROOK, N.Y. (WCBS 880) -- Police are searching for a man who vandalized a “Black Lives Matter” sign at a Long Island church in a suspected hate crime.

The Suffolk County Police Department released images Friday of the helmeted man grabbing the sign outside the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Nicolls Road in Stony Brook.

It’s unclear how the suspect damaged the sign, but images show him grabbing it
It’s unclear how the suspect damaged the sign, but images show him grabbing it. Photo credit Suffolk County Police Department

The man caused unspecified damage to the sign just after midnight on Oct. 26, according to police.

Suffolk County Police Hate Crimes Unit detectives are investigating the case.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-220-TIPS or online at www.P3Tips.com.

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