Wall of Anti-Cop Graffiti

Title

Wall of Anti-Cop Graffiti

Coverage

1450 University Avenue West

Description

Several pieces of anti-cop graffiti on one wall, written by different hands and different colors of spray paint. Included are "Good Cop = Dead," "cops are murderers," "Kill Derek Chaufin," and "Killa cop save a life [smiley face]." This wall also includes picture of a pig in a coffin and a tag reading "MAMA."

Painted in the context of intense conflict between protestors and police as well as extensive damage to businesses and structures centered in area on 5/28/2020. This wall was painted on the former site of the Midway Walmart, a store that closed in the fall of 2019 and was often accused of racial profiling and critiqued for being too quick to call for police intervention.

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Publisher

Urban Art Mapping Research Project

Date

2020-06-02

Contributor

HS

Identifier

UAM-GF_0125

Spatial Coverage

Saint Paul

Relation

Minnesota

Extent

United States

Original Format

Graffiti