The Recreation and Parks Commission ordered two murals obscured by tarps after some members of the community, and representatives from the Los Angeles Police Department demanded the images be removed because they were offended by the artwork's content.
They described the image as a pig caricature in a blue uniform beating a graffiti artist. In an offensive act of censorship, the Recreation and Parks Commission, led by Steven Soboroff, covered up murals produced by spray can artists, who were granted permission to paint legally in the area known as the graffiti pit by Recreation and Parks authorities.
Not since 1932, when the infamous white out of Mexican master David Alfaro Siqueiros' mural "America Tropical," on Olvera Street, took place, has a public mural been covered by a government agency to prevent public viewing.
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