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Police depicted as Pigs in Painting

by Who does this crap?

Dec 30, 2016

ijr.com/2016/12/766256-painting-of-cops-as-pigs-hung-proudly-in-u-s-capitol/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=owned&utm_campaign=ods&utm_term=ijamerica

If this is true this is the most disrespectful thing done against our police force. Disgusting.

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Kathleen On 12/30/16, Who does this crap? wrote: > ijr.com/2016/12/766256-painting-of-cops-as-pigs-hung-proudly-in-u-s-capitol/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=owned&utm_campaign=ods&utm_term=ijamerica > > If this is true this is the most disrespectful thing done > against our police force. Disgusting. > -------------------------- ...See More

Dec 31, 2016

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EasTexSteve On 12/31/16, Kathleen wrote:

>> “The U.S. Capitol is a symbol of freedom, not censorship. > The young artist chose his own subject and the painting will > not be removed.”

Then maybe it's time the people express their "freedom" and remove representative Clay from office. On second thought, maybe it should...See More

Dec 31, 2016

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T.E.C. - Iowa The punch line is "It is a symbolic representation of injustice, inequality and the unrest" in America. This is something that should epitomize America. America should be about fighting, injustice, and inequality - but not in the conservative mind.

Instead of looking at the picture as a warning that police can be used to suppress...See More

Dec 31, 2016

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To me, it looks like The painting of the black cops looks like a poor rendition of a demon and the other a wild pig?? The third cop that is white looks to be calmly subdueing a rioter. A guy hung on a cross with a graduation cap while holding the scales to represent "justice". A Christian dove being chased by a black vulture or predator bird. Black rioters un...See MoreThe painting of the black cops looks like a poor rendition of a demon and the other a wild pig?? The third cop that is white looks to be calmly subdueing a rioter. A guy hung on a cross with a graduation cap while holding the scales to represent "justice". A Christian dove being chased by a black vulture or predator bird. Black rioters under arrest and carrying a sign that says " stop - kill", while a group of protestors are blocking traffic in the streets. A white guy with a bull horn. Two white guys in the picture holding up signs - one a peace sign and the other racism kills. While a little kid looks on from his window out to his neighborhood.

Looks like a world messed up in the inner city.

On 12/31/16, Kathleen wrote: > On 12/30/16, Who does this crap? wrote: >> > ijr.com/2016/12/766256-painting-of-cops-as-pigs-hung- proudly-in-u-s-capitol/? utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=owned&utm_campaign=ods&utm_ter m=ijamerica >> >> If this is true this is the most disrespectful thing done >> against our police force. Disgusting. >> > -------------------------- > > It was easy to find more than the Fox news story, and their > edited version of the paiting. > > From the St. Louis Post Dispatch > > An acrylic painting by David Pulphus when he was a student at > Cardinal Ritter College Prep high school is stirring up > controversy after its display in the U.S. Capitol in Washington. > The painting, "Untitled #1,'' in May had won an annual contest > sponsored by U.S. Rep. William "Lacy" Clay, D-St. Louis. It is > a symbolic representation of injustice, inequality and the > unrest in Ferguson, and, among other things, depicts police > officers as animals. Photo courtesy of the Office of Lacy Clay. > > > Clay, D-St. Louis, said he would not take it down, despite > criticism from conservative bloggers and a call from a Fox > News commentator for it to be taken down. > > The painting, which has hung for months in a tunnel that > connects House office buildings with the U.S. Capitol, was > chosen the winner of Clay’s annual art competition for St. > Louis students last spring. It was done by then-Cardinal > Ritter Prep senior David Pulphus. > > “Untitled #1” is a “visually stunning acrylic painting on > canvas,” Clay said at the time. It shows multiple images > depicting conflict involving police and other people. Two > figures in police uniforms are prominently displayed with guns > drawn, near a sign that says “Stop Kill.” The police figures > are shown with animal-like heads that some critics on the > internet interpreted as pigs. > > Clay issued this statement through a spokesman late Friday: > >> “Members of Congress support student art competitions in our >> districts but we do not select the young artists and we do not >> judge the artwork. >> >> “I had no role in selecting the winner of this student art >> competition and I would never attempt to approve or disapprove >> artistic expression. >> >> “The U.S. Capitol is a symbol of freedom, not censorship. > The young artist chose his own subject and the painting will > not be removed.” >> >> Many members of Congress support annual art competitions, > and the winning pieces are displayed along a long tunnel that > connects the Longworth House Office Building with the Capitol. > “Untitled #1” hung for several months before bloggers and Fox > News personality Eric Bolling on Friday called attention to it. > > “Take it down,” Bolling said, telling viewers to “call your > congressman or call Lacy Clay’s office.” > > Joe Patterson, president of the St. Louis County Police > Association, said that “we are not about censorship, but good > art and good taste are sometimes not the same thing.” > > “This is an extraordinarily disrespectful piece at a minimum,” > he said. > > “We in the law enforcement community have been continuing to > work to build bridges and come to a better understanding with > our minority community…and then we have irresponsible > leadership from elected officials pouring gasoline on bridges > haven’t even finished being built yet,” Patterson said of > Clay. “He’s picking at these wounds that we’re trying to heal.” > > When the winning piece was chosen last spring, Clay told the > St. Louis American that he considered it “the most creative > expression that I’ve witnessed in the last 16 years” of the > competition. > > Pulphus, the artist, told the St. Louis American then that “it > is hard to imagine that as a young African-American man from > St. Louis, I could receive such a prestigious award by the > U.S. Congress.” > > The father of the artist, Jonathan Pulphus Sr., said the > family had received only positive feedback about the painting. > He said he was unaware of anyone upset about it until he was > contacted by a reporter on Friday. > > “It is art,” Pulphus said. “It is meant to evoke emotion and a > perspective.” > Ashley Lisenby of the Post-Dispatch contributed to this report. > Chuck Raasch • 202-298-6880 > [email removed]

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