'NYPD Rapists' Plastered Around East Village
Though Friday evening's protest of the Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata acquittal in the NYPD rape case seemed like a moment of catharsis, it's not quite over for everyone who felt betrayed by the verdict. "People were pissed," we learned of the protest and apparently they still are: A new NYC flyer campaign is brutally blunt, with images of the disgraced officers and the plain text, "NYPD RAPISTS."
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EV Grieve noted the flyers pasted along the Bowery and 2nd Avenue, including outside of the legendarily grimy Mars Bar.
The officers were found not guilty last week of raping a drunk East Village woman after a protracted trial.
DNAinfo surveyed the neighborhood about the flyers. "People should be aware, women especially, of the double standard in terms of policemen," said a 35-year East Village resident. "[The verdict] sent a big notice to all the people: The police can get away with anything."
Others were more accepting of the court's decision. "I guess the people who [put] them up hadn't heard about the verdict," emailed Moreno's lawyer about the street art.
The image above comes from Animal New York blogger Marina Galperina.
[jcoscarelli@villagevoice.com / @joecoscarelli]
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