Judging A Shitty Book By Its Shitty Cover
Here’s the cover to that powerHouse book that glorifies former NYPD Vandal Squad cop “Joe Blow” Rivera and stabs the graffiti community in the back. It’s now available on Amazon. Here’s a snippet from the book’s website description:
“The only book on graffiti told from the perspective of law enforcement, Vandal Squad takes us inside the New York Police Department. Rivera’s fast-paced tales of cat and mouse are presented alongside professional disregard within the Department. Featuring never-before-seen photographs and stories of graffiti’s infamous Top 40, Vandal Squad offers an unprecedented look at the graffiti world from the other side of the game.” S
adly, even a ‘know thy enemy’ approach can’t rationalize giving this graffiti-jocking ex-cop any money. |WhatYouWrite|





























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