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Keith Haring painting his second Crack Is Wack mural on a handball court wall in East Harlem on October 3, 1986.

Keith Haring was arrested for vandalism after completing the original mural a few months prior. Facing possible jail time, the mural caught the attention of the New York Post which ran an article on it and Haring gained the public’s support in the wake of the crack epidemic. After the mural was vandalized, the New York City Parks commissioner apologized to Haring and asked him to paint the mural again. Haring then repainted Crack is Wack—though differently than the original version.