Video shows taggers covering beloved Seattle U-District mural in graffiti

The Brief

  • A beloved mural in the U-District was vandalized over the weekend, with graffiti covering the artwork.
  • Security footage shows a group of vandals spray-painting over the mural, which was painted in 2013.
  • The U-District Partnership plans to help clean up the graffiti, leveraging a protective coating on the mural.

SEATTLE A beloved mural in the U-District was covered in graffiti this weekend with a crew of vandals caught on camera defacing the painting.

The owner of Joy Mini-Mart says he’s disappointed that the artwork on the side of his building has been covered from end to end with tagging.

The good news, a local partnership says it will step in to help.

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