In the autumn last year, street artist Bambi painted street art on a new wall in east London, opposite the Cargo club on Rivington Street, where there's a lot of famous street art by Banksy and other high-profile artists. Bambi's subject deals with the case of Michael Brown, a man who was shot by police in the state of Missouri in the USA. The shooting led to public unease in that community. (I personally have not followed this story, but I will just state that a loss of life is sad, and it's particularly sad when the victim was so young. The artist Bambi was inspired by the story to paint about it.)
Bambi hasn't really painted much in this part of London, but her work is commonly seen around north London and Islington/Camden. I did see her white van, painted with "Bambi" in the area at about the same time that this piece appeared. The artwork uses the Nike "just do it" logo along with "DON'T SHOOT" repeated across a repeated young child raising his hand in a wave and standing on a skull. The artwork has text that accompanies it:
You abuse your powers again and again
Another innocent unarmed soul is murdered in your name
Filthy blue lies flow and flow
You shot him six times for just jaywalking home
Left in a pool of blood on the street
But you think it's just another day on the beat
Come on justice must be done or anarchy will bite you on the bum
The following lines are repeated above:
You abuse your powers again and again
Filthy blue lies flow and flow
You shot him six times for just jaywalking home
I visited the artwork again recently as my photograph of it in the autumn did not turn out well; it was blurry as it was a dreary and very rainy day and my camera on my phone did not like it. I noticed that the owner of the black building to the right had painted over the artwork on their part of the building.
Across the street is another new piece by Bambi. It features two girls.
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