During an emotional community meeting Sunday morning, Santa Cruz city leaders and police said they were appalled by the vandalism of a Black Lives Matter mural in the city’s downtown area.

Police Chief Andy Mills said his department was working to gather evidence that Friday night’s defacement of the mural was not only vandalism but also a hate crime.

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