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The figure in the artwork—a black man dressed in a midnight blue police uniform—represents the totalitarian black mass. [3] The hat that frames the head of the policeman resembles a cage, and represents what Basquiat believes are the constrained independent perceptions of African-Americans at the time, and how constrained the policeman's own perceptions were within white society.
The police forces of the remaining states and territories progressively adopted the pattern during the 1970s [5] until it was displayed on all Australian police uniforms except that of the Australian Federal Police, who use a black and white Sillitoe tartan on their cap bands.
The two police officers are painted in black and white. Both individuals are shown in full uniform with evident handcuffs and a baton around their respective belts. This portrayal of same-sex intimacy is a common feature of art dating as far back as the 16th century in Michelangelo’s Sistine Ceiling. [4]
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For officers, it was a navy blue double-breasted coat, and a fireman's style helmet. In addition to also using star-shaped badges and raincoats for the cap. [3] Uniforms of the New York City Police Department in 1871 A New York City police officer, wearing a custodian helmet, answers a visitor's questions at the corner of Fulton and Broadway in ...
For much of the twentieth century up to the mid-1990s, male police officers wore a dark blue (almost black) tunic with polished silver buttons (gold for the City of London Police), and trousers of matching colour with a sewn-in truncheon pocket. No stab vest was worn and much less equipment was carried than is today.
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Nebraska elementary school teachers Amanda Clawson, left, and Meghan Baker, both 27, pose outside Lucas Oil Stadium with Indianapolis Police Officer Ivy Craney and her bejeweled white horse before ...