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[[File:FreeGaza.jpg|left]]
'''Artist:''' Mohammed Ali
'''Artist:''' Mohammed Ali


'''Confronting Bodies:''' West Midlands Police Officers and Council in Birmingham, UK
'''Confronting Bodies:''' West Midlands Police Officers and Council in Birmingham, UK


 
'''Date of Action:''' February 26 2009
 
'''Dates of Action:''' February 26 2009
 
 


'''Location:''' Front of a building in Alum Rock, Birmingham, UK
'''Location:''' Front of a building in Alum Rock, Birmingham, UK


'''Description of Artwork:''' Graffiti mural painting with the words "Free Gaza" painted over a fence, a bloody hand waving the Palestine flag. <P>
'''Description of Artwork:''' Graffiti mural painting with the words "Free Gaza" painted over a fence, a bloody hand waving the Palestine flag. <P>
 
[[File:Ali.jpg|right]]
 
'''The Incident:''' The West Midlands police sandblasted the mural on their Sergeant's orders after also receiving permission from building owner.  It was removed "for fear it would trigger racial violence." According to the DailyMail, "the decision was taken to remove the image following a 'risk assessment' they had carried out." <P>
 
'''The Incident:''' The West Midlands police sandblasted the mural from Sergeant orders and after also receiving permission from building owner.  It was removed "for fear it would trigger racial violence." According to the DailyMail, "the decision was taken to remove the image following a 'risk assessment' they had carried out." <P>
 
 


'''Results of Incident:''' Ali met with police staff to discuss the removal. <P>
'''Results of Incident:''' Ali met with police staff to discuss the removal. <P>


'''Source:''' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1157721/Award-winning-artists-anti-war-mural-scrubbed--fear-violence.html
'''Source:''' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1157721/Award-winning-artists-anti-war-mural-scrubbed--fear-violence.html


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Latest revision as of 21:31, 1 December 2011

Date: 2009

Region: Europe

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion

Medium: Public Art Painting


FreeGaza.jpg

Artist: Mohammed Ali

Confronting Bodies: West Midlands Police Officers and Council in Birmingham, UK

Date of Action: February 26 2009

Location: Front of a building in Alum Rock, Birmingham, UK

Description of Artwork: Graffiti mural painting with the words "Free Gaza" painted over a fence, a bloody hand waving the Palestine flag.

Ali.jpg

The Incident: The West Midlands police sandblasted the mural on their Sergeant's orders after also receiving permission from building owner. It was removed "for fear it would trigger racial violence." According to the DailyMail, "the decision was taken to remove the image following a 'risk assessment' they had carried out."

Results of Incident: Ali met with police staff to discuss the removal.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1157721/Award-winning-artists-anti-war-mural-scrubbed--fear-violence.html