George Floyd memorials vandalised in New York and New Jersey

Statues daubed with reference to far-right hate group

Attacks come on eve of sentencing of Derek Chauvin for murder

Supporters of a white nationalist hate group defaced brand-new memorials to George Floyd in New York and New Jersey this week, even as the nation awaits a sentence for Floyd's murderer.

Vandals painted the statues' faces black, and used white markings to reference Patriot Front, a hate group that sprang from a neo-Nazi organization after the deadly Unite the Right" Charlottesville rally, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.