White Rock乌鸦传媒檚 namesake has been painted black.

Sometime between Friday and Saturday, about a quarter of the white rock on West Beach was spray-painted.

The vandalism included the slogan 乌鸦传媒淏lack Lives Matter.乌鸦传媒�

Contacted Monday, White Rock Coun. Scott Kristjanson said while he supports the Black Lives Matter movement, he doesn乌鸦传媒檛 support defacing public property.

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Kristjanson made note of the significance the white rock has to

乌鸦传媒淚t乌鸦传媒檚 just going to cost us money to get cleaned up,乌鸦传媒� he said.

Painted white, Kristjanson said the city is 乌鸦传媒渟eriously thinking乌鸦传媒� about putting the rock back to its natural state with a clear coat.

乌鸦传媒淚 think it would be nice to get rid of all that paint, myself,乌鸦传媒� Kristjanson said. 乌鸦传媒淚t乌鸦传媒檚 a beautiful piece of granite. If we got it back to granite and put up a sign saying what it represents to Semiahmoo First Nation, that would be stellar.乌鸦传媒�

Contacted Monday, a representative of SFN said they do not wish to comment at the moment.

It marks the second time, that Peace Arch News was made aware of, that the rock was targeted by vandals since last July.

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Earlier this year, the rock was marred with graffiti described as having a 乌鸦传媒渟trong anti-police sentiment.乌鸦传媒�

White Rock RCMP told PAN Sunday that police did receive a report regarding the vandalism, and has notified the city.

PAN has reached out to the City of White Rock and mayor for comment.