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Dallas Graffiti Writers Busted!

author: Dallas Police : Dallas, TX
Friday, December 23rd, 2005

Dallas Graffiti Writers Busted!

author: Dallas Police : Dallas, TX

Dallas Police on Thursday arrested six graffiti artists accused of causing more than $100,000 in property damage. Two of the suspected graffiti artists, who police said go by monikers like "rewd" and "soler," appear to have samples of their work posted on dallaspolice.com, a Web site that features graffiti art and clearly is intended to poke fun at law enforcement. "It’s very much an arrogant in-your-face kind of statement," said Dallas Police David Kunkle of the Web site. "They have a lack of respect for the community." About 6 a.m., nearly 30 officers fanned out across the city to find 10 people who...