"BILL THE BUTCHER"
by Jonas Never
In the mid-19th century "Washington Street Gang" leader William "Bill the Butcher" Poole joined forces with several other groups and formed New York's most infamous street gang, "The Bowery Boys." In 2002 @Daniel.DayLewis received widespread critical acclaim for his heavily fictionalized portrayal of Bill—renamed William Cutting—in Martin Scorsese's epic “Gangs of New York.” Pioneer muralist Jonas Never is one of LA's most prolific street artists but in the middle of a pandemic Never stayed close to his home in Culver City to paint "Bill the Butcher" for his friends at Culver Blvd Irish Pub @AuldFellaLA — a curious irony since Poole was of English descent and the film pits him against rival Five Points Irish gang, the "Dead Rabbits." @never1959/
