A piece of graffiti in Atlanta depicting Elmer Fudd dressed as a policeman, shotgun in hand, in front of a sign announcing “Negro Season,” has people debating whether the graffiti is a message of hate toward Blacks or a commentary on police brutality meant to mock police as unjustified and incompetent.
Police are investigating who painted the image on the side of the Allied Barton Building in Midtown Atlanta, which was first noticed on Friday and remained throughout the weekend. It was painted over on Monday.
“It’s not overtly clear if this is a jab at police in the vein of Black Lives Matter, or if it is intended to be a message with racist overtones,” according to WGCL-TV CBS46 in Atlanta, which reported the story.
