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."
Source
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.
Publisher
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
Date
Contributor
HS
Identifier
UAM-GF_walmart
Spatial Coverage
Saint Paul
Relation
Minnesota
Extent
United States
Original Format
Graffiti
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