Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Republican Lawmakers Keep Taking Down This Painting

A high school student's painting that depicts the tension between police and the black community in Ferguson, Missouri, keeps getting pulled down from a Capitol hallway by Republican lawmakers.

The artwork, painted by Missouri teen David Pulphus, was selected as part of the Congressional Arts Competition to hang in an underground tunnel that connects the Capitol with House office buildings.

It portrays officers with animal-like faces pointing guns at black citizens and has a sign in the background that reads "racism kills," a nod to the protests that rocked the St. Louis suburb after the police shooting of unarmed black teen Michael Brown in 2014. 

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