Wall of Anti-Cop Graffiti

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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

Geolocation

Comments

Allowed tags: <p>, <a>, <em>, <strong>, <ul>, <ol>, <li>