JIM TREACHER: Top Five Statues We Should Tear Down Next. Including:

The “FTP” graffiti [sprayed on Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Austin, TX statue] stands for “F*** The Police,” which is a minor error in research because Andy Summers was that band’s guitarist. Nonetheless Vaughan once opened for The Police in 1984, so he was a cop-lover by proxy. Plus he was a white man who wore a Bolero hat and played guitar like Jimi Hendrix, which was cultural appropriation on two fronts. SRV is SOL. Tear that $#!+ down.

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