It is all in the timing to create a crisis
Via Daily Mail
A brownstone owned for decades by director Spike Lee’s father was tagged Friday with graffiti only days after his famous son went on a long-winded rant against gentrification in New York City.
The Brooklyn home was spray painted with the words ‘do the right thing,’ a reference to ‘Do The Right Thing,’ a 1989 movie directed by Lee – a neighboring home was also hit by the vandals
The vandalism appears to have been in response to a Tuesday night rant that came when Lee was asked to argue against the development of poorer neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Harlem.
The director also blasted an audience member at the Pratt Institute panel discussion who started defending the changes in the neighborhoods.
Glass was shattered at the neighboring home and the words ‘do the right,’ a reference to the title of a Lee-directed 1989 movie about racial tensions dividing Brooklyn, were spray painted on both brownstones, CNN reported.
‘All I know is that he made a lot of comments that went viral, the next day my house is vandalized,’ Dianne Mackenzie told CNN.
‘There is probably some kind of connection in the mind of whoever did this … There is no reasonable reason for it. If this person has got something to say, fine say it. Don’t damage my property,’ she continued.
Lee has not publicly spoken about the incident and was not immediately able to be reached by MailOnline for comment.
‘He lives in Manhattan so … this is my dad’s house, and it’s kind of personal,’ Arnold Lee told the network in reference to his famous brother.
‘Leave us out of it. Because I feel bad … my neighbor, she is a good friend,’ he added.
HT Woz