A Detroit Artist Was Commissioned by the City to Paint a Mural—Then Police Arrested Him

Detroit artist Sheefy McFly has been making a name for himself, so much so that the city recently commissioned him to paint a series of murals honoring the Motor City as part of its City Walls initiative. But on Wednesday, as McFly was working on the piece, he was confronted by Detroit police, who thought McFly was vandalizing a viaduct.

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