((PKG)) PROTESTS / GRAFFITI CLEANUP
((Banner: The Message))
((Reporter/Producer: Julia Smith))
((Main character: 1 male))
((Map: Denver, Colorado))
((NATS))
((Khyyam Cooper, Owner, Home Theater Company))
My name is Khyyam Cooper. I own a company called Home
Theater Company. I'm a United States Air Force veteran
and I've lived in Colorado about 27 years now.
((NATS))
((Khyyam Cooper, Owner, Home Theater Company))
What actually brought me out, I saw some people on
Snapchat. They were out here cleaning up on Monday. Girl
and her boyfriend and a five-year-old kid were out here
actually scrubbing by hand. And once I saw them doing that,
I was like, you know what, I can help out. What really
motivated me was seeing them do that. And then I thought
to myself, you know what, this will help the message versus
the destruction. The destruction was taking away from the
message that people were seeing. People were seeing the
violence and the looting and they're forgetting what actually
happened. So, by doing this, this actually gets focus back to
what the message is.
((NATS))
((Khyyam Cooper, Owner, Home Theater Company))
So, the process to remove the graffiti. When I first started, I
was just using the power-washer. Then I figured out today,
by using the actual thinner, I can get down, scrub it, let it set
for a minute and then use the power-washer to clean it off.
And that process seems to be working the best by far.
((NATS))
((Khyyam Cooper, Owner, Home Theater Company))
I've got to figure out how to get those up. I don't know.
People are perceiving the graffiti as destruction. People are
trying to convey the message with the graffiti. And I
understand what they're trying to do. But the average
person is looking at it as destruction and they're taking the
message the wrong way. They're saying, 'Oh my gosh,
you're destroying everything.' But they're not understanding
what's happening. These people are, they're out crying.
They say, ‘Hey, listen to me. Pay attention. Look, look
what's on the ground. Not just a bunch of signs.’ But that's
not the right way for the average person to see it. People
don't want to see the destruction. The message is: Stop
police brutality. That's what the message is. When
something bad happens like that, people have to be
accountable for their actions. Police, government, anybody.
No matter who it is. Stop the violence. Be accountable for
what you do.
((NATS))
((Khyyam Cooper, Owner, Home Theater Company))
This is amazing to see so many different cultures,
backgrounds and different people coming together, unifying
across the globe. So that means, everybody obviously
knows there's a problem, there's an issue. So, it means a lot
to me to see people unifying and standing up for something
that they all believe in, which is amazing. So hopefully one
day, that we won't have this issue anymore. I hope to God
we won't have this issue anymore.
((NATS))
((Banner: The Message))
((Reporter/Producer: Julia Smith))
((Main character: 1 male))
((Map: Denver, Colorado))
((NATS))
((Khyyam Cooper, Owner, Home Theater Company))
My name is Khyyam Cooper. I own a company called Home
Theater Company. I'm a United States Air Force veteran
and I've lived in Colorado about 27 years now.
((NATS))
((Khyyam Cooper, Owner, Home Theater Company))
What actually brought me out, I saw some people on
Snapchat. They were out here cleaning up on Monday. Girl
and her boyfriend and a five-year-old kid were out here
actually scrubbing by hand. And once I saw them doing that,
I was like, you know what, I can help out. What really
motivated me was seeing them do that. And then I thought
to myself, you know what, this will help the message versus
the destruction. The destruction was taking away from the
message that people were seeing. People were seeing the
violence and the looting and they're forgetting what actually
happened. So, by doing this, this actually gets focus back to
what the message is.
((NATS))
((Khyyam Cooper, Owner, Home Theater Company))
So, the process to remove the graffiti. When I first started, I
was just using the power-washer. Then I figured out today,
by using the actual thinner, I can get down, scrub it, let it set
for a minute and then use the power-washer to clean it off.
And that process seems to be working the best by far.
((NATS))
((Khyyam Cooper, Owner, Home Theater Company))
I've got to figure out how to get those up. I don't know.
People are perceiving the graffiti as destruction. People are
trying to convey the message with the graffiti. And I
understand what they're trying to do. But the average
person is looking at it as destruction and they're taking the
message the wrong way. They're saying, 'Oh my gosh,
you're destroying everything.' But they're not understanding
what's happening. These people are, they're out crying.
They say, ‘Hey, listen to me. Pay attention. Look, look
what's on the ground. Not just a bunch of signs.’ But that's
not the right way for the average person to see it. People
don't want to see the destruction. The message is: Stop
police brutality. That's what the message is. When
something bad happens like that, people have to be
accountable for their actions. Police, government, anybody.
No matter who it is. Stop the violence. Be accountable for
what you do.
((NATS))
((Khyyam Cooper, Owner, Home Theater Company))
This is amazing to see so many different cultures,
backgrounds and different people coming together, unifying
across the globe. So that means, everybody obviously
knows there's a problem, there's an issue. So, it means a lot
to me to see people unifying and standing up for something
that they all believe in, which is amazing. So hopefully one
day, that we won't have this issue anymore. I hope to God
we won't have this issue anymore.
((NATS))
