Graffiti ‘tagger’ critical after being hit by Miami police car

Miami Herald ^ | December 6, 2014 | Charles Rabin -

[ConservativeStatement]

Delbert Rodriguez Gutierrez, a street artist who goes by the name “Demz,” was in critical condition with a severe brain injury after being struck by an unmarked Miami police car during a chase in Wynwood early Friday.

Rodriguez, 21, was spotted by police gang unit members as he was “tagging” a privately owned building near Northwest Fifth Avenue and 24th Street about 2 a.m., police said. When officers began chasing him, Rodriguez fled.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article4296547.html#storylink=cpy

[circlecity]

Physicians informed the victim it was necessary to remove half his brain due to inflammation, to which he replied “Yo dog, what you be talkin bout”

[therapsida]

Its glorified thoughout my town....’street art”...the city is PAYING people to paint up all manner of sh-t.

Accelerated Debasement....”inferring that all our infrastructure ....is ....ugly.

Just another part of the plan.

[canuck_conservative]

“Stupid Criminals’ Lives Matter”

[TigersEye]

Look both ways before running from the cops!

[rockrr]

Cans up - don’t shoot!

[ConservativeMind]

I really don’t see a problem here. A scumbag was committing a crime, fled, and wound up in an accident that hurt him in his haste.

It would have been logically impossible for him to be hurt fleeing from a crime if he hadn’t been fleeing from a crime.

Such is life for Demz.

[Obstinate]

HA!

[Dilbert San Diego]

when did graffiti vandals get the name street artists?

Is this more politically correct language being foisted on us? This God awful graffiti is going to be officially considered as art??? Really????

[petenmi]

street artist = tagger = law breaker

[left that other site]

Indeed.

[Veggie Todd]

That’s a shame.

[Popman]

The street he was tagging on...looks like the cops are doing a piss poor job in stopping criminal taggers

https://www.google.com/maps/@25.7999342,-80.2031734,3a,75y,251.67h,83.7t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sDpvCvrTTyLsa8eAuFKNf6g!2e0!6m1!1e1

[Red in Blue PA]

Schadenfreude!

I am feeling it.

[MeshugeMikey]

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Maybe “Demz” will have a miraculous recovery and learn a valuable lesson and stop vandalizing other people’s property.

[healy61]

Demz da brakes. Noooo. Demz ain’t the brakes, dats da gas.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Indeed

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

That was my first thought.

[husky ed]

Is that photo from his hospital bed?

lol ;)

Ed

[Two Kids' Dad]

Thanks for posting the pic. Now I’ll know exactly who not to give a crap about.

May his recovery not involve the capacity to become a repeat offender.