Butetown mural defaced

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Butetown mural defaced

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[Croesy Blue]

Re: Butetown mural defaced

Who said they were pissed up youths?
People often discard paint tins around the place so it could be Kids just fecking about
I see it being more chance of just vandalism rather than having a racist motive.
If it were a white person that someone threw black paint on i'd say the same.

Why are racists always so desperate to play down anything being racist?

[Tuerto]

Re: Butetown mural defaced

Why are racists always so desperate to play down anything being racist?

4am attack, white paint on a large mural of a black woman. Two summers of debate and action over murals depicting figures perceived as racist, intolerant....... Must've been kids with a pot of paint, who were up early for school and had no idea how throwing white paint over the face of a black women, would look. why not a bus stop window?

[JamesWales]

Re: Butetown mural defaced

Probably best to let the police do their job.

Personally, I can imagine that racial intent may have been likely here - it's very common for graffiti art to be defaced, but not usually with white paint thrown over it -it's normally tagging.

So yeah, some kind of racist attack - quite probably. But it could easily be an attack because it's someone wearing a City shirt (the paint was white, it's the south wales derby coming up..) or someone with an issue with the artist etc, or wanton vandalism, although that seems unlikely as who has paint at 4am?

I hope they catch them and charge them with vandalism and also something to recognise the racist element, if that's a part of it. I also hope they have to help the artist touch it up.

Either way, with any unsolved crime, is speculation really all that helpful? You can call crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 if anyone has any information.

[life on mars]

Re: Butetown mural defaced

If it was on camera and at that time I stand corrected as it does sound like a racist incident , lets hope they get a good prosecution and make an example of the individual /s as its a lovely unique mural .

[Rjk]

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4am attack, white paint on a large mural of a black woman. Two summers of debate and action over murals depicting figures perceived as racist, intolerant....... Must've been kids with a pot of paint, who were up early for school and had no idea how throwing white paint over the face of a black women, would look. why not a bus stop window?

I've got to admit, may be me being naïve, but when I first heard it I did wonder whether it was racially motivated, or a Swansea fan defacing the city shirt, or just a pissed up gang of kids who stumbled across a tin of paint.
on hearing it was a lone individual at 4 am I would certainly be veering towards it being racially/culturally motivated.

[life on mars]

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Can someone post a link to how we can contribute to its repair, or could someone post it as new post so it stands out, it will be strong message

[lardy]

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Well I have never called someone a C!!t , or thrown anything at a black person.

Strangely specific.

[The Bloop]

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Can someone post a link to how we can contribute to its repair, or could someone post it as new post so it stands out, it will be strong message

TOBW has posted a link above.
£1500 has already been donated against a target of £750

[splott parker]

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TOBW has posted a link above.
£1500 has already been donated against a target of £750

The original artist did it Seriously hope the offender is caught, punished & ridiculed.

[life on mars]

Re: Butetown mural defaced

[QUOTE=The Bloop;5231808]TOBW has posted a link above.
£1500 has already been donated against a target of £750[/QUOTE

Cheers

[life on mars]

Re: Butetown mural defaced

The original artist did it Seriously hope the offender is caught, punished & ridiculed.

Riverside Banksy??

[stan butler]

Re: Butetown mural defaced

You're wrong. This wasn't a bunch of kids messing around. The damage was done by a solitary individual. The perpetrator arrived on the scene carrying a tin of paint at approximately 4:00am in the morning. He or she has been caught on camera. Whether or not the CCTV images that were captured are good enough to trace the individual concerned is doubtful, but what is absolutely certain is that this was a pre-planned attack on the mural and not a random act of vandalism.

I stand corrected.

[stan butler]

Re: Butetown mural defaced

Why are racists always so desperate to play down anything being racist?

I'm racist?? You dickhead..

[stan butler]

Re: Butetown mural defaced

Who are you trying to kid

I was going by passed experience regarding kids finding paint and throwing it over buildings and pavements.
In this case i believe i was wrong and hope the bastard who did it is caught and punished.
I was in Butetown week before last visiting some friends and i mentioned the mural and how good i thought it was and they seemed very happy if not proud of it.