A man has been arrested after a noose appeared around the neck of a statue of late rapper Tupac Shakur outside the Tupac Centre For The Arts in DeKalb County, Georgia, USA. Local police say the noose incident is being treated as a "hate crime", and that it follows other incidents in recent weeks when derisive remarks about Hurricane Katrina and Tupac's record label were written on the statue.
Commenting on the incidents, Tupac's mother Afeni Shakur told Allhiphop.com: "Although our hearts are temporarily in pain, our spirits have already forgiven the perpetrators. Hate comes in all colours and genders therefore we will use this act of hate and ignorance to bring our community together and to pray for the healing of those who harbour such feelings".