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Brooklyn Artist's ‘Unarmed’ Project Memorializes Black Victims of Police Violence

A Brooklyn artist is making a lot of noise through art and sending a powerful message against police violence. Sports jerseys are posted along Flatbush Avenue.

A Brooklyn artist is making a lot of noise through art and sending a powerful message against police violence.

Sports jerseys are posted along Flatbush Avenue. But the jerseys don't bare the names of top sports stars, they feature the names of George Floyd, Sandra Bland and Eric Garner. In 2013, after Treyvon Martin's acquittal, Brooklyn artist Raafi Rivero started an art project titled "Unarmed."

A Brooklyn artist is making a lot of noise through art and sending a powerful message against police violence.

Sports jerseys are posted along Flatbush Avenue. But the jerseys don't bare the names of top sports stars, they feature the names of George Floyd, Sandra Bland and Eric Garner. In [...]




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