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  • 'This is oil country': Newly painted Greta Thunberg mural gets defaced, covered in slurs

    10/21/2019 11:54:36 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 59 replies
    CBC ^ | Oct 20, 2019 | Staff
    A newly painted portrait of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was quickly defaced — first with a pro-oil message, and later with a slur against the teen. The mural was painted on a section of a downtown "free wall" along a bike path that runs parallel to 109 Street near the Alberta Legislature. Local artist AJA Louden has confirmed he painted Thunberg Friday. A CBC journalist was shooting footage of the mural on Sunday morning when James Bagnell walked up with spray paint and began painting "Stop the Lies. This is Oil Country!!!" over the teen's face. "This is Alberta....