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{{Display censorship incident | {{Display censorship incident | ||
|ongoing=no | |ongoing=no | ||
|year=2014, | |year=2014, | ||
|region=North America | |region=North America | ||
|artist=Will “Kasso” Condry | |artist=Will “Kasso” Condry, the Sage Coalition | ||
|subject=Government Secrecy | |subject=Government Secrecy | ||
|confronting_bodies=Will “Kasso” Condry/Trenton police department | |confronting_bodies=Will “Kasso” Condry/Trenton police department | ||
|medium=Public Art | |medium=Public Art | ||
|date_of_action=20 | |date_of_action=20 October, 2014 | ||
|location=Trenton, New Jersey | |location=Trenton, New Jersey | ||
|description_of_content=The mural is about a 18 year old black man, called Mike Brown, who got shot in August 2014 unarmed by a police officer. The painting depicted Brown’s face with the caption "Sagging pants … is not probable cause." | |description_of_content=The mural is about a 18 year old black man, called Mike Brown, who got shot in August 2014 unarmed by a police officer. The painting depicted Brown’s face with the caption "Sagging pants … is not probable cause." | ||
|description_of_incident=Condry received pressure by the Trenton police to put his mural down,because it's sending the wrong message about community and police relations, but he refused to do so. After that the police sent city workers to remove it. | |description_of_incident=Condry received pressure by the Trenton police to put his mural down,because it's sending the wrong message about community and police relations, but he refused to do so. After that the police sent city workers to remove it. | ||
|description_of_result=Condry's intention with the mural was to create a conversation about racial profiling by police and after he made the threats he received by the police public, the acting police director Ernest Parrey told NBC10 he’s willing to follow Condry’s suggestion and have a conversation. | |description_of_result=Condry's intention with the mural was to create a conversation about racial profiling by police and after he made the threats he received by the police public, the acting police director Ernest Parrey told NBC10 he’s willing to follow Condry’s suggestion and have a conversation. | ||
|image=Mike Brown Mural.png | |image=Mike Brown Mural.png | ||
|source=http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Trenton-Workers-Remove-Mike-Brown-Mural-After-Urging-From-Police-280010652.html | |source=http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Trenton-Workers-Remove-Mike-Brown-Mural-After-Urging-From-Police-280010652.html | ||
Revision as of 16:21, 19 November 2014
Artist: Will “Kasso” Condry, the Sage Coalition
Year: 2014
Date of Action: 20 October, 2014
Region: North America
Location: Trenton, New Jersey
Subject: Government Secrecy
Medium: Public Art
Confronting Bodies: Will “Kasso” Condry/Trenton police department
Description of Artwork: The mural is about a 18 year old black man, called Mike Brown, who got shot in August 2014 unarmed by a police officer. The painting depicted Brown’s face with the caption "Sagging pants … is not probable cause."
The Incident: Condry received pressure by the Trenton police to put his mural down,because it's sending the wrong message about community and police relations, but he refused to do so. After that the police sent city workers to remove it.
Results of Incident: Condry's intention with the mural was to create a conversation about racial profiling by police and after he made the threats he received by the police public, the acting police director Ernest Parrey told NBC10 he’s willing to follow Condry’s suggestion and have a conversation.
https://www.popularresistance.org/police-get-mike-brown-mural-removed-in-trenton/ http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/10/21/mural-depicting-michael-brown-painted-over-in-trenton/
