Long Beach police say they are investigating gang-related “malicious vandalism” of Martin Luther King Jr. Park and its MLK statue after community members quickly raised the alarm about what had happened.
Longtime resident Sharon Diggs-Jackson spotted graffiti on the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. as well as on a sidewalk and a nearby wall while she was leaving her office on Monday morning. “It hurt my heart that it was so intentional,” she said.
Right away, she informed her circle by sharing photos of the vandalism that included competing gang tags…