Graffiti Artist Michael Stewart Arrested by NYC Transit Police 37 Years Ago
[ad_1] On this date in 1983, graffiti artist Michael Stewart received recognition after his death in the hands of the New York City Transit Police following an arrest for using a marker and/or spray paint can on a First Avenue Station subway wall. Stewart’s treatment while in police custody and the trials of all of the arresting officers who were eventually acquitted of all crimes sparked the police brutality argument that still continues to this day in the cases of Kalief Browder, Sandra Bland, and countless others. It was...