Posted on 08/02/2016 6:19:31 AM PDT by simpson96
ROCHESTER — Police in Rochester have arrested a local street artist who recently painted a "Black Lives Matter" mural on Blackwater Road.
Beth Wittenberg, 50, turned herself in at the police department Wednesday after a warrant was issued for her arrest. Wittenberg was charged with criminal mischief, a Class A misdemeanor, and released on $1,500 personal recognizance bail.
Wittenberg’s mural, which depicted a backwards American flag with broken black hearts where white stars should be, was her way of protesting the way black citizens are treated.
“As a Jewish American, I understand what it means to be prosecuted, enslaved and baked in ovens. We are supposed to learn from our history. We should all be equal under the law, but the sad truth is we are not,” Wittenberg said. “My protest is about giving voice, standing in solidarity with my Black American friends and family to say, ‘Yes, all lives matter, but in this case where we are speaking of the inequity between whites and blacks, Black Lives Matter.’” (snip)
“I’m just an artist; I don’t make policy. My job as an artist is to record history and have commentary on that history — that’s all,” Wittenberg said.
Wittenberg is an award-winning professional artist who has been working in the field for 25 years.
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So much for the “starving artist” meme.
Lucky for her she isn’t black (or doesn’t appear to be) or the racist cops would have gunned her down no doubt.
#LesbianArtMatters
She is a fat slob and her work sucks too.
Just my opin
[“As a Jewish American, I understand what it means to be prosecuted, enslaved and baked in ovens. We are supposed to learn from our history.”]
As an AMERICAN, I understand that thousands of brave men and women died to free the JEWISH people who were prosecuted, enslaved, and baked in ovens.
Learn from history, you slob.
I’m going to discriminate, “I hate the art”
That first pic of the “artist” looks like a kindergarten class water color wall session set up for Open House.
I am sure discrimination occurs against blacks. However, an equally important question is why the same discrimination does not seem to apply with the same intensity for other minorities, like those from Asia, India, etc. Blacks profess that black lives matter, yet the vast majority of murders in the US are blacks killing blacks. Taxpayers have thrown trillions of dollars at this and related problems for blacks since the War on Poverty began under Johnson. Now, their murder rate is worse as are the poverty levels. Personally, I think blacks have a internal problem and we need to see them working on a solution to those problems themselves. Sociologists point to the fact that 72% of black children have no father present in the home. After all, it takes no effort to be a father, but it’s damn hard to be a parent. Maybe Jesse and Al should examine what they can do internally to repair the black family rather than trying to blame everyone else for their problems.
The second picture, where you can see the piece clearly, is even worse! Crude drawing, crude execution, and inspiring sayings like, "Drooling macro beasts", and "Eat me whole."
A portrait of the artist as a young whale.
Wittenberg is an award-winning professional artist who has been working in the field for 25 years
Grazing in the field is more like it
Trying to capitalize on the news stories. Worst art ever.
It is nice that she was arrested. However, whipping should be revived for clowns like this creature.
The pig woman has done a whole lot of eating. Check for any missing children.
mine too.
I think she dropped a cowpie.
EAT ME WHOLEY?
Too bad she’s a man-hater or she could get some help from Noah Webster
Well said.
Why do other minority groups not suffer the same alleged discrimination, or have the same awful social pathologies, of the black population???
Off topic, but there has been a lot of immigration to this country, from all parts of the world, since 1965. This includes sub-Saharan Africa. Millions have immigrated here from Africa. If America is so bigoted and racist, why would millions of black Africans have immigrated here in recent decades????
I hear you; she has that certain look about her.
Snort...WINNER!
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