• Wertheimer [any]
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    3 years ago

    https://atlantablackstar.com/2021/07/12/california-police-officers-sue-city-claim-being-forced-to-walk-past-street-mural-of-assata-shakur-violated-their-rights-caused-them-distress/

    In July 2020, The National Police Association petitioned for the mural’s removal.

    “If it is not possible to imagine putting a 17′ tall mural of nurse killer Richard Speck in front of a hospital or putting a 17′ tall mural of Dan White, who assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, in front of a mayor’s house, the atrocity of the celebration of a fugitive convicted cop killer in front of Palo Alto’s City Hall is equally reprehensible,” the petition read.

    It's possible to imagine a 90' by 190' carving of defenders of slavery in a predominantly black city, though, so . . .