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The Delfonics - Didn’t I Blow Your Mind 

Activists William Lucka and Antonio Cosme are facing up to $75,000 in fines and four years in prison for allegedly painting “Free the Water” in large block letters up the side of a water tower in Highland Park. They added the graphic of a fist to make the painting look authentic and to show their own attitude.

Living in Detroit these folks reveal the conflict between residents and the authorities who don’t give a damn about citizens and highlight one of the biggest social crises - water service shutoffs.

The Detroit media blames Cosme and Lucka for vandalism, while they are raising money to support local organizations like Black Youth Project, New Era Detroit, BlackLivesMatter, the People’s Water Board.

Supporters have formed a Free the Water Defense Campaign for Antonio Cosme and William Lucka’s defense fund. The same group is hosting a fundraiser featuring Lucka’s artwork on August 13 and a crowdfunding campaign, Funded Justice, that continues through August 31.

Again Black activists face prison for raising awareness of things that matter. There comes a time when silence is betrayal.