Response: Art Crime: Graffiti Wars
Matthew Newton began his article, Art Crime: Graffiti Wars, by explaining a man whom the police identified as the most wanted graffiti artist in Pittsburgh. After bringing the man to court, police had come to realize that he was wanted for crimes that resulted in $212,000 in damages. The case of this man illustrates what people believe as an increasing crackdown on graffiti across the country. Newton addresses the argument of what graffiti art really is. Some says that it is a very complex community that serves a very important communicative message amongst people. To opponents, its simply vandalism and it should be punishable.
So many different types of people are involved in the world