Mystery surrounds who is behind an Alabama mural that depicts President Donald Trump carrying out a mass shooting outside a school.
An anonymous street artist painted the piece on the wall of an empty downtown lot in Florence on Sunday night. The mural showed Trump pointing a handgun at a group of bloodied schoolchildren and featured the pro-gun control #NeverAgain hashtag.
Graffiti of Trump involved in school shooting shocks the city of Florence https://t.co/f1M9amJV6z pic.twitter.com/3FXDXK1buI
— WHNT (@whnt) April 3, 2018
“It’s not something that we want to have to see every day,” Sarah Shirey, who owns Turbo Coffee opposite the mural, told WHNT-TV.
Florence Mayor Steve Holt also described the imagery as “disgusting,” per WAAY-TV.
On Twitter, the work was praised:
This is where I live.
This article is not an accurate depiction of how people think and I personally celebrate this mural!
But the article is a good example of fake news.
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Graffiti of Trump involved in school shooting shocks the city of Florence https://t.co/IDDGOlf0xl via @whnt— (((Incontrovertible)))❄ (@CherokeeLair) April 3, 2018
Graffiti of Trump involved in school shooting shocks the city of Florence https://t.co/f1M9amJV6z pic.twitter.com/3FXDXK1buI
— WHNT (@whnt) April 3, 2018
The people that have expressed more concern for the anti-Trump graffiti in Florence than they have the actual school shootings ARE THE PROBLEM.
— Milly Baine (@reallymilly) April 4, 2018
On Tuesday, city workers painted over the mural, which was on private property, with the land owner’s permission.
