Members of a South Jersey church say vandals took down their “Black Lives Matter” signs for the second time in a month.
Police were called to the Unitarian Universalist Church along Kings Highway in Cherry Hill, New Jersey Sunday morning. An employee at the church noticed their “Black Lives Matter” signs outside were stolen and the frame that held them up was broken.
Church members say the incident was the second time this month the signs were vandalized.
“This is vicious,” a church member said. “This is angry. This is hate-filled. And that’s not what we are.”
The banner was first put up during Martin Luther King Jr. weekend in January. Members say the signs were meant to start a conversation and promote an open community discussion that the church is hosting on Feb. 25 titled “Black Lives Matter in South Jersey.”
