“This was much more than ‘paint on the street.’ This was a significant piece of artwork for our entire community, and especially for Black community,” a community letter to …
, part of a planned annual celebration and community conversation. Slightly more than a month later, two different drivers in a pickup truck with an American flag mounted in its rear bed each took a pass over the painting, leaving dark rubber burnout marks behind, according to witness testimony of City Hall video surveillance.
Attorneys for Bochat and Warner have questioned the proposed high cost to repair or replace the painting. In a letter sent to the court through Mahan this month and signed by 44 supporters, the authors write in support of a higher restitution amount in the case, citing the cultural and historical significance of the artwork. The street painting was approved and permitted by the Santa Cruz City Council “during a pivotal time of national reckoning and uprisings regarding racial justice and police brutality,” according to the letter.
“This was much more than ‘paint on the street.’ This was a significant piece of artwork for our entire community, and especially for Black community,” the community letter states. “This piece symbolized safety, belonging, and community care — other groups have specifically held events at the site of this mural for that reason — and, from that perspective, this mural is priceless.”
Members of Made Fresh Crew, a collective of Santa Cruz artisans who collaborate on projects, repaint the Black Lives Matter mural on Center Street in front of Santa Cruz City Hall in June 2021. Following Saturday’s large Juneteenth celebration at Laurel Park, many people came to “Honoring Juneteenth” at City Hall.
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