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Cops paint over controversial mural

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The NYPD dispatched cops with paintbrushes to cover up a controversial mural on the side of an Inwood business Tuesday, after approaching the owner with concerns about its message, DNAinfo reports.

A pair of plainclothes officers arrived at new edition cleaners at 4929 Broadway at 11 a.m. Tuesday armed with buckets of black paint, roller brushes and drop cloths and began painting over local graffiti artist Alan Ket's five-day-old mural titled "Murderers."

The two identified themselves as police to a reporter.

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