Maxine Waters ‘Poverty Pimp’ Posters Inflame Los Angeles Civil Rights Activists

As the political season continues to heat up and hurl toward Tuesday’s mid-term elections, the streets of Los Angeles have been the canvas of politically-minded street artists with a conservative bent.

The latest posters plastered around Los Angeles neighborhoods, business districts, and freeways feature an unflattering, deeply wrinkled portrait of long time Los Angeles based Congresswoman Maxine Waters staring back from a poster with red dollar signs in her eyes and labeled “Poverty Pimp,” reports CBS Los Angeles.

KNX 1070 news radio reported that, along with the negative portrait, words including a racial slur, “N****s Betta Have My Money!”, appear behind Waters.

The Maxine Waters posters appeared throughout Los Angeles over the weekend and were also showcased in the Inglewood and South Bay areas, sparking fury among Maxine Waters supporters and Los Angeles area civil rights leaders.

In response, the southland civil rights leaders demanded an investigation Monday, describing the Maxine Waters posters as a racist and offensive campaign against Congresswoman Waters.

The Maxine Waters posters showed up in front of some Los Angeles area landmarks such as the former home of the L.A. Lakers the Los Angeles Forum, in front of Randy’s Donuts in Inglewood, and even in front of the Hancock Park home of Maxine Waters herself.

Among the civil rights activists that is upset about the Maxine Waters posters is Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, who joined fellow activists in tearing the posters down on Sunday. The civil rights activists are also demanding a “fast track investigation” by the California Fair Political Practices Commission into who and what is behind the Maxine Waters “Poverty Pimp” posters.

“We’re highly offended, we’re disgusted by it, we hope this is not the start of something that we’ll continue to see not only in politics, but beyond in Southern California,” said Hutchinson.

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An investigation into the creator and distributor of the posters may or may not reveal who is behind them, but there are two people some might suspect but who almost certainly were not involved in the Waters “Poverty Pimp” posters.

One of these is Maxine Waters’ current Republican opponent in Tuesday’s election, political writer John Wood Jr., who officials believe had nothing to do with the “Poverty Pimp” campaign.

The other, conservative minded Los Angeles street artist Sabo, is also likely not behind the Maxine Waters work. While Sabo has recently targeted Hollywood liberals and other liberal elites with his street art, he generally comments on, and takes credit for, his work. Regarding the Maxine Waters “Poverty Pimp” posters, Sabo seems to make clear via Twitter that he has nothing to do with “THESE GUYS.”

The Democratic lawmaker, Maxine Waters, looks to continue her long time political career with an expected reelection Tuesday in California’s 43rd District, which includes Inglewood, Hawthorne, and Torrance.

Maxine Waters, currently represents this 43rd congressional district. In past years, Waters represented the 35th and 29th districts of L.A. and has been a representative since 1991. While Maxine Waters has long dominated elections in her different districts she has been the subject of corruption allegations over the years and faced charges for violating House ethics rules in 2010, charges for which she was exonerated.

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