Banksy Starts a Riot

Life imitates art as the police in riot gear mirror the Banksy police riot piece up in the background.

Powerful photo that almost seems photoshopped, but it is a real life shot taken with police in full riot gear lining up in front of a Banksy piece picturing police in full riot gear.

Banksy's piece is entitled 'Mild, Mild, West' and it features police in full riot gear charging a cartoon animal holding a gas bomb.

The Guardian reports that the riots were caused by a heavy handed response by police to some vandalism directed towards an unwanted corporate chain store.

Picture from staticfriction1 on Flickr via CapturingBanksy