A statue of George Floyd installed in Brooklyn was vandalized - spray painted with a white supremacist group's logo less than a week after it was unveiled. 

The statue, which had been unveiled on Saturday in honor of Juneteenth, was defaced early on Thursday with black spray paint, and stenciled with the website and logo wooden paintings for living room Patriot Front, a white-supremacist group, police said.

It came a day before Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in the killing of Floyd, is set to face sentencing. 

Four men are suspected to have taken part in the vandalism, with surveillance footage showing the unidentified individuals approaching the statue at around 3.40am, and then walking away a short time later.

Police said they are treating it as a possible hate crime. 

The Patriot Front formed in 2017, and its members are focused on preserving what they say is America's white, feng shui wooden paintings. high quality wood paintings European identity, according to the Anti-Defamation League. 

The NYPD's Hate Crime Task Force is investigating, as well as the department's Racial and Ethnically Motivated Extremism unit.  

City Council Member Farah Louis, who represents the Flatbush condemned the graffiti on Twitter. 

'Today my office learned that the George Floyd sculpture at Flatbush Junction has been vandalized,' she wrote.

'This is a hate crime and totally unacceptable to the memory of Mr. Floyd and to the Black community as well as our efforts to achieve #racialjustice and equality in America.'

She said she is working with artist Chris Carnabuci, who created the sculpture, to find out a way to repair the damage. 

Gov.

Andrew Cuomo also announced on Twitter he is directing the New York State Police Hate Crimes Task Force to help investigate the graffiti.