Authorities are searching for three people who they say defaced a Confederate monument in North Texas with the words, "This is racist."
Surveillance video provided Monday by the Denton County sheriff's office shows two figures scaling the monument to spray-paint the words in red before fleeing with a third person.
The monument in Denton is an archway over a path leading to a city park. It's topped by a statue of a soldier and includes the words, "Our Confederate soldiers."
Authorities believe the vandalism occurred late Sunday or early Monday. Workers have cleaned the monument but a red stain remains.
The Denton Record-Chronicle reports that the Denton County Office of History and Culture says damage could exceed $50,000.
Watch the surveillance video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPMmUrBMq4o
This report was provided by the Associated Press.