Art is Not a Crime: The Most High-Profile Street Art Arrests in the USA
Posted on March 27, 2017
Artwork: Jean-Michel Basquiat. Defacement (The Death of Michael Stewart), 1983.
Art is not a crime—but that doesn’t stop police departments and D.A. offices nationwide from pursuing the capture, arrest, and prosecution of graffiti writers and street artists to make a political point. Crave has compiled a list of some of the most high-profile street art and graffiti arrests in the United States.
