Two Martinez residents face hate crime and vandalism charges as suspects in Saturday’s defacing of a “Black Lives Matter” mural on a downtown Martinez street — a video of which has put Martinez in the national spotlight.
The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office said that Nicole Claudia Anderson, 42, and David Richard Nelson, 53, were each charged Tuesday with three misdemeanors — violation of civil rights, vandalism and possession of tools to commit vandalism or graffiti.
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