John Lennon mural in Pacific Beach vandalized beyond repair

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/john-lennon-mural-in-pacific-beach-vandalized/509-3a3c0ff7-06df-458d-bc9b-1d52317b3076

“People were constantly coming by and taking selfies. If you Google this mural, you'll see a million selfies taken in front of it," Dufour said.

The damage was so depressing, the owner of the business where it happened, 365 Reloaded Smoke Shop on Garnet near Cass, painted over the entire wall.

CBS 8 was there as people noticed the mural was gone.

“Not good… not good,” said Pacific Beach resident Katie Watson shaking her head in disgust. She says it wasn't unusual for the wall to have some graffiti, but the taggers usually left Lennon alone. She can't imagine a motive. “Just why?,” she asked. “What's the reasoning? Why do it to something so pretty?”

The owner of the smoke shop tells CBS 8 that he has already spent thousands of dollars having the wall painted and repainted after people spray paint it, sometimes with vulgar images. But says he's not giving up hope.

[Dave Bowman]

1. That's disgusting.

[duncang]

2. So many idiots out there

Glad he gave a good selfie before spraying over it. He needs to pay for restoration at least twice over and enough to install more cameras along with 24/7 monitoring.

[LoisB]

3. Disgusting! Why would anyone do something so destructive? It makes no sense.

[madaboutharry]

4. There are a lot of fucked up people in this world.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. What is the point of destruction? A mini version of the Taliban destroying the giant

Bamiyan Buddhas.

[ailsagirl]

6. Sick

Don't the perpetrators have anything better to do??
Creeps