LAist: Reporting Graffiti in LA: Super Easy & Fast

desiringmachine

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:33:30 -0800

yeah, art, that green scribbly thing up there really speaks to me. it's certainly not just some asshole trying to intimidate somebody else with idiotic territorial markings. how many more people do taggers have to shoot to prove their just criminals and not the second coming of diego rivera? if chaz bojorquez did a piece on the wall beside my apartment, i wouldn't report that.

weston deboer

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:33:01 -0800

Hipster Killer is a good one also

Linkracer

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:49:13 -0800

If you are a tagger reading this post - I challenge you to be a bit more creative... Start tagging some meaningful shit instead of just your initials. People may think twice before erasing it and hating on you. Here are some suggestions but feel free to expand: Instead of just tagging "ZB" (Zach Behrens) You can tag: "Barack Obama loves ZB graffiti" "ZB aint no snitch" "ZB is watching you right now" "ZB is just going to re-graffiti this wall after you repaint it dude, stop wasting your time" "I have no job, but I've got a paint can!"

Purp

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:05:05 -0800

The last art form that belongs to the people... STOP SNITCHIN

JohnAustin

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:48:56 -0800

lol - I like the new name Anewara - thank you :-) I don't live on Sycamore Avenue but I do live in 90038 which is several blocks east. The street is covered in graffiti - gang scrawls - not art. Every apartment and house has been tagged with childish scribbles and the place looks like a ghetto. On a snitch related note. My sister was shot and badly injured in a drive by about 10 years ago...nobody saw anything. Especially not the guy the police questioned who was seen sitting on his front porch smoking a cigar when the whole thing happened. I asked him why he wouldn't give a statement and he told me " I ain't no rat". Six months later this same guys mother was robbed on the way home from the store and had her face slashed - she needed over 60 stitches. This same guy was all over the street knocking on doors and crying, begging for people to call the police and tell who did this to his poor mama. He even went around sticking up signs asking for witnesses. I guess "snitching" is okay for some people when it suits their situation. Case closed for me. Post away - I'm done with this.

QuietTristan

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:25:37 -0800

Dunn Dunnnnn DUNNNNNNN

anewera

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:28:18 -0800

Stone Cold John Austin, I take it by your overuse of quotes that you are not familiar with the art of making sarcasm subtle. and you are very closed minded for thinking of graffiti as scrawling. you are also very naive for disclosing where you live (eg. 90038, sycamore ave.) because graffiti artist and enthusiasts enjoy being belittled by you. if graffiti bothers you that much then move out of l.a. OR stop complaining and stop snitching.

JohnAustin

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:32:34 -0800

Anewara I take it by your "excellent" reply that you were not able to answer my question. I wish you good luck in your adventures towards adulthood.

anewera

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:00:27 -0800

john, Spoken like a true snitch... well played sir, well played. what are you doing outside anyways?

JohnAustin

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:03:10 -0800

Anewera and Field - just so I have it straight... Lets say either of you own a home or business and you spend a couple of thousand dollars having the outside painted to look nice. So the next day I'm sitting across the street and I see some taggers go by and spray all over your property with their scrawls. Are you telling me you want me to sit back and smile smugly and do nothing? Not to report it and not to "snitch" on the thugs who ruined your property? That just doesn't make any sense to me. Am I missing something obvious here?

field

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:12:40 -0800

snitch = bitch

Elise Thompson

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:25:57 -0800

I love how the guy in the link is posting ads for a moving company, using a different company's van - specifically a company that helps people get to the hospital for things like dialysis. I wonder if he had a patient in the back. The Charlie Chaplin-esque music on their site is unreal. http://www.gmdtrans.com/

anewera

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:23:39 -0800

L.A. is graffiti, it will always be here. Didn't your mom teach you NOT to be a snitch?

Zach Behrens

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:28:26 -0800

Hey JohnAustin, Yes, the sign you linked to is illegal (it's a $195 fine!) and I can write a post for you about that soon.

JohnAustin

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:13:15 -0800

Anyone know if there's a similar way to report people going around sticking those advertisements for their services on street poles and trees? This guy was doing it all up and down Sycamore Avenue yesterday. The guy posting his crap all over the street

Elise Thompson

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:23:18 -0800

So you don't recommend buying my own can of spray paint and writing "SUCKS ASS" under it?