Pennsylvania man gives anti-cop graffiti the brush-off
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Landscaper Pat McCusker painted over an anti-cop phrase written on an underpass wall. (FOX29)
A Pennsylvania man played the role of a vigilante van Gogh, taking matters – and a paint brush – into his own hands when he spotted anti-cop graffiti on a wall in Chester.
Landscaper Pat McCusker grabbed a paint can and roller and went to work after seeing the phrase “cop killen season” scrawled in red on the concrete wall of an underpass beneath I-95, FOX29 reported on Saturday.
McCusker said he was “shocked” when he saw the graffiti early one week. During a subsequent drive he noticed the hateful message remained.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“I ran home and grabbed some paint,” McCusker said. “I had time to think and I wanted to respond with my own message. Little bit more lighthearted.”
A video shows McCusker rolling over the graffiti with white paint – before affixing some snowman pictures around the area.
Chester Mayor Wendell Butler said the Streets Department should have performed McCusker’s task itself.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“I’ve had messages from Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, saying, ‘Thank you’ from police officers,” Butler said. “And I think that’s a big deal. People should stand up for them more. They stand up for us.”