Street artists, your reign of terror ends now!

[NaldoAveKnight]

There's got to be some public land, like under a bridge or in a park, where a graffiti wall can be constructed.  The kind of residents that don't like graffiti walls live in gated communities anyhow.  Anyone that's living in the city probably would get a kick out of a graffiti wall, it's called urban living folks.  Build an open graffiti wall in a visible area and then enforce the laws to protect small business owners.  Everyone should be happy.

[Adam White]

There's got to be some public land, like under a bridge or in a park, where a graffiti wall can be constructed.  The kind of residents that don't like graffiti walls live in gated communities anyhow.  Anyone that's living in the city probably would get a kick out of a graffiti wall, it's called urban living folks.  Build an open graffiti wall in a visible area and then enforce the laws to protect small business owners.  Everyone should be happy.

I don't necessarily disagree. But public space for graffiti (or "street art") won't stop it from happening elsewhere, unfortunately.

[mtraininjax]

This is a non-issue - Take the art down a few blocks on Park Street in Brooklyn....no cameras, paint all you want as few people actually travel the road. There are some abandoned Department of Children Family Service buildings down there that could use some paint......and Brinton's is close by....win-win!

[Dog Walker]

The kind of residents that don't like graffiti walls live in gated communities anyhow.

I live one block from 5 Points and love it!  The building I live in has had graffiti painted on it more than once.

I don't understand how anyone can think it is OK for anyone to spray paint stuff on someones property without permission.  That just does not compute.

[AKIRA]

Its hard to miss the correlation when the damaged pipes, A/c equipement, etc. are under to a brand new throw up or tag.  It was as if they were trying to sign thier work.  One of the groups mention earlier were real bad about that, plus tagging people's vehicles, mom & pop business, etc.  One of them in particular, was lucky the police found him before Alva of 5 points Coffee and Spice did (his truck was tagged).

The police did not volunteer to persue them.. the businesses in the area that were damaged demanded the police do something.  I personally spoke to several of them; asking them to settle down and consider the weight of the law that was coming at them.  I was usually laughed at and told no thank you.  They came to regret not listening to my friendly advice.

The free 5 Points wall/courtyard, as nice an idea as it was, opened the door for a competition between the different vandals who were coming to the area from all corners of Jax.  That competitive mentality led to pushing the boundries past what the businesses wanted to deal with (or could afford to deal with).