La police tue! graffiti
Graffiti written in pink script on a stone façade reading "La police tue!" (The police kill!)
Nahël M., a 17-year-old of Algerian descent, was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop on June 27, 2023 in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris.
Urban Art Mapping
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Photographer: Elizabeth Perrill
UAM-GF_2611
The Marais, Paris, France
Police Tue graffiti
Graffiti written in pink block letters reading "Police Tue" (Police Kill)
Nahël M., a 17-year-old of Algerian descent, was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop on June 27, 2023 in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris.
Urban Art Mapping
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Photographer: Elizabeth Perrill
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The Marais, Paris, France
#Say Her Name and Abolish Now graffiti
Graffiti painted directly on the pavement at the crosswalk near the intersection of H Street NW and 16th St. NW, outside of St. John's Episcopal Church. Text reads 'ABOLISH NOW, "#SAY HER NAME," and "POLICE." Additional graffiti is in the surrounding area.
Urban Art Mapping
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Photographer: Aliza Leventhal
UAM-GF_3206
1525 H Street North West, Washington, DC
Amir Locke Was Killed graffiti
Graffiti reading "Amir Locke Was Killed Fuck MPD" on the sign for Folwell Hall, University of Minnesota
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Photographer: Kate Lindsay
UAM-GF_3124
9 Pleasant Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Amir Locke graffiti
Graffiti on the WCCO building in downtown Minneapolis reading "Amir Locke"
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Photographer: Rebekah Coffman
UAM-GF_3123
90 S 11th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Step Down Bowser
Sidewalk chalk in an intersection reads "Abolish MPD," "Black Lives," and "Step Down Bowser."
Article about the photographer's work:
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/02/1041543414/she-guarded-the-black-lives-matter-memorial-now-shes-working-to-protect-its-art
Interview with the photographer: https://digdc.dclibrary.org/islandora/object/dcplislandora%3A282592
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photographer: Nadine Seiler
UAM-GF_3108
1525 H St NW, Washington, DC 20005
Shoot back graffiti
Red graffiti that reads "Shoot back" on a park information board. Graffiti on the other side reads "Justice for Amir"
Urban Art Mapping
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Photographer: Anita Chikkatur
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Powderhorn Park, 35th Street and 15th Avenue, Minneapolis MN
Quit Your Jobs You Fascists Fucks
A sign on the side of a tree reads "Quit Your Jobs You Facist Fucks A.C.A.B." Next to the words is a Black Power fist.
Article about the photographer's work:
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/02/1041543414/she-guarded-the-black-lives-matter-memorial-now-shes-working-to-protect-its-art
Interview with the photographer: https://digdc.dclibrary.org/islandora/object/dcplislandora%3A282592
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photographer: Nadine Seiler
Sidewalk south side of St. John's Episcopal Church on H Street N.W.
Prosecute the Pigs
A brick wall with black and red graffiti spray-painted on it. At the bottom of the wall are the phrases "No Peace!" and "Prosecute the Pigs" in red.
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photographer: Todd Lawrence
UAM-GF_3008
George Floyd Square
Justice for Manny
This mural depicts a portrait of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who is a victim of police brutality. He is painted in shades of blue, orange, green, brown, and yellow. Around Manny's head are circles, which are similar to halos. To the left of the portrait the message "Justice for Manny" is written in black letters in blue boxes.
Adika Bell, Christopher Paul Jordan, David Long, and Breyahna Monet
Manuel (Manny) Ellis was murdered by Tacoma Police on March 3, 2020. The police and sheriff's department insisted Manny died from drugs and a heart issue, but the medical examiner's report ruled it homicide by hypoxia due to physical restraint (e.g. the police strangled him to death). Witnesses videotaped the incident, observing that Manny was tasered, beaten, hogtied, held to the ground under an officer's knee, and had a spit hood put over his head. The Washington State Office of the Attorney General charged the officers on May 27, 2021. The officers posted bail the next day.
Urban Art Mapping
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Instagram handles: Adika Bell @deeks253, Christopher Paul Jordan @cpauljordan, David Long @orangedaviid, and Breyahna Monet @breezekutz
UAM-GF_2962
1012 S 11th St, Tacoma, WA, USA