23 minutes of 1972 moral panic that accidentally became street art's origin story.
Direction
Rooney's frantic editing matches the chaos he's documenting.
Director
Andrew Rooney
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This CBS report aired three years before 'Chino' and other featured writers became graffiti legends, making it an accidental primary source.
Rooney later admitted the piece backfired—kids saw the coverage and started tagging their own neighborhoods. Oops.
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