Arts & Entertainment
Police Pig Painting Moved Indoors in New Haven After Complaints
A police officer and corrections officer complained after seeing the painting in public view
NEW HAVEN, CT—A painting of a pig in a police cap has been moved from its outdoor display on Hudson Street.
The art was moved to Artspace's Orange Street gallery. Local artist Gordon Skinner told the New Haven Independent he created the art to provoke discussion and was glad it was noticed.
Skinner said he was inspired by the past two years of publicized killings of unarmed black civilians by police.
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New Haven Police spokesman David Hartman said that if a police officer generalized people in a similar way they'd be fired. Police Union President Craig Miller said that while it isn't fair to call anybody a name, police need to have a tough skin.
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