Pair Admit Vandalizing Memorial to Joe Louis
Two men who threw white paint on the Joe Louis fist, a sculpture in Detroit that commemorates the black boxing great, pleaded guilty to malicious destruction of property.
Brett Cashman, 45, and John T. Price, 27, face up to five years in prison, but prosecutors recommended that they pay $1,000, serve 30 days in jail and the rest of the time on probation.
The men, who are white, said they targeted the 8,000-pound landmark sculpture of Louis’ arm and fist because of its violent imagery, not as a racist act.
Louis, who died in 1981, is a hero in Detroit, where his family moved when he was 12.
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