Police in Chatham-Kent are investigating anti-LGBTQ messages defacing the picnic tables that were painted by artists.
Morena McDonald and Sarah Steele worked on the picnic table that was featured in a TikTok video that has been viewed more than a million times.
Morena McDonald, who created the table's original design and worked on updates along with artist Sarah Steele, said the video was shared on the Dresden Night Market TikTok to respond to the incident in a positive way. This week, some of the picnic tables were vandalized a second time. Images shared with CBC News show anti-LGBTQ messages, including threats, scrawled across the tables. In a follow-up video posted to TikTok, one of the tables was shown with big patches of damage to its surface.The group has since repaired the latest damage in an attempt to "fight ugly with pretty, fight hate with love," Steele said.
"We're just gonna respond with more love and hopefully, as long as it takes, that's what will win eventually."
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