NYPD.... Trigger-Happy?

I seen this on the news a few nights ago and thought it was very interesting. A museum in Fort Greene, Brooklyn has an exhibit in which police abuse victims are depicted as shooting targets with the items in their hands. Of course, you know the NYPD is ENRAGED and feels this is very anti-cop-ish while several other people are supporting this exhibit.

Dread Scott's Interpretation of his work:

The Blue Wall of Violence is an installation that addresses police brutality. It focuses on the object which the police "mistook" for a dangerous weapon when they shot an unarmed person. The project consists of several elements: On the wall are six actual FBI silhouette targets which police use for shooting practice. Protruding from each of these is a cast of an arm. In each hand is an object - wallet, house keys, 3 Musketeers bar, squeegee, etc. In front of this is a coffin and in front of the coffin are three police batons which each strike it every 10 seconds with a loud penetrating bang.

Check him out at http://www.dreadscott.net/

It looks something like this:

So what is it ? Cop bashing or freedom of speech? Speak!

Jena 6 Update

I'm sure several of you are familiar with the case of 16 year old Mychal Bell. If not, here's a link to familarize yourself with the situation: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20218937/site/newsweek/page/0/. Jena 6 is a great example of the injustices our world faces. It's sad (for lack of better term) that situations as such are not as televised as Brittney Spears' lack of responsiblity or Mike Vick's dogfighting. However, it seems as if there has been some sort of justice served.

According to washingtonpost.com, a Louisiana appeals court yesterday overturned the aggravated-battery conviction of Mychal Bell. The states 3rd Circuit Court ruled that Mychal should have never been tried as an adult by District Attorney J. Reed Walters, and that the trial judge was inaccurate in allowing Bell to be tried as an adult on charges of aggravated second-degree battery. Under Louisiana law, teenagers can be tried as adults for certain violent crimes but not battery, something I do recall from my years at John Jay College. I wonder if he will be compensated for the year he erroneously served in prison? What do you guys think ?