The mural depicted a decapitated and wooden-sword-stabbed bird of prey. According to neighbors of Puerto Rican and other backgrounds, in the Caribbean culture, this constitutes a curse and a death threat, the lawsuit said.
A new lawsuit alleges this colorful mural of a rooster is actually a nefarious Santeria curse perpetrated by Melissa Mark-Viverito, the frontrunner to become New York City council speaker, against a political opponent.
Via latinorebels.com
The mural depicted a decapitated and wooden-sword-stabbed bird of prey, on information and belief, and according to neighbors of Puerto Rican and other backgrounds, in the Caribbean culture, this constituted a curse and a death threat, as a swastika or a noose would symbolize typically to many Jews or African Americans, respectively.
Mark-Viverito was involved as the head of Los Muros Hablan, an urban-art campaign launched last summer to celebrate Latino culture by painting murals on walls across the five boroughs.
Via artfcity.com
Goodwin, who came in sixth in the Democratic primary, 26 points behind Viverito, said the intentional purpose of the mural was to inflict harm on her and it worked.
She said that she suddenly got a blood clot in her foot and that a close friend began “acting crazy” right after the mural went up.
“I really felt that people needed to understand who they were giving power to as the next most powerful person behind the mayor of New York City,” Goodwin told the New York Post, making it clear that the timing of the lawsuit was because Mark-Viverito is a frontrunner to be the next city council speaker.
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