Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 17, 2011 at 9:51:00 AM CET
Police Brutality Coloring Book Begs Question, ‘What Color Is Pepper Spray?’
Don’t let the cops see your kid coloring in this book — they might confiscate that box of Crayolas, or worse.
Forty-six artists, including Shepard Fairey, have contributed black-and-white artwork to the Police Brutality Coloring Book, a 48-page DIY publication inspired by incidents of violent police action against Occupy Wall Street activists.
“I wasn’t directly involved with the movement, but I had been down there a few times and was sympathetic to the cause,” said Police Brutality Coloring Book creator Joe “Heaps” Nelson in an interview with Wired.com. Then it turned out that Chelsea Elliott, one of four women pepper-sprayed during a Sep. 24 protest march in Manhattan, was a friend of a friend of the New York artist.
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