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Graffiti Artist or Vandal?
Off-Ramp with John Rabe Hero Image
(
Dan Carino
)
Jan 17, 2009
Graffiti Artist or Vandal?
In 1988, a Chicano teenager, who goes by the nom-de-aerosol "Toomer" started a tagging crew called "T-K-O." KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez met up with Toomer and his crew as they painted a mural in South Central LA.
A mural Toomer and his crew painted in Los Angeles.
A mural Toomer and his crew painted in Los Angeles.
(
Courtesy of Toomer
)

In 1988, a Chicano teenager, who goes by the nom-de-aerosol "Toomer" started a tagging crew called "T-K-O." KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez met up with Toomer and his crew as they painted a mural in South Central LA.

In 1988, a Chicano teenager, who goes by the nom-de-aerosol "Toomer" started a tagging crew called "T-K-O." KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez met up with Toomer and his crew as they painted a mural in South Central LA.