Brooklyn School Mural Fracas + Calling All Artists • Daily Digest

Good morning, Brooklyn! Why would school administrators surreptitiously dismantle a mural promoting diversity created by a half dozen 5th graders over the summer? The removal has escalated into a small-scale culture war at P.S. 295 revolving around two principals and Superintendent Anita Skop. Read the latest in our story below.

Today's weather: Another perfect fall day? Yup. It'll be mostly sunny. High: 69 Low: 55.

Here are the top stories today in Brooklyn:

1. A group calling itself the "Mural Justice Project" is seeking accountability after administrators removed a mural made by Park Slope 5th-graders. (Patch.com)
2. Got talent? UnJaded Curations is seeking artists to help in the annual transformation of Myrtle Avenue storefronts with murals and artwork celebrating Black History Month next February. Here's what we know. (Patch.com)
3. A Brooklyn mother is facing charges in the death of a 1-month-old boy. (NBC New York)
4. Here's how Brooklyn could decide the 2022 Democratic primary for governor. (City & State)
5. Watch this: A stolen school bus crashes into multiple cars in Brooklyn. (CBS New York)
6. How weird is this? A New York district attorney stopped a neighbor from setting his mother's house on fire. (Newsweek)

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About me: Kevin Phinney has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and New York City. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in El Paso. Phinney attended college in Austin. He has done television work as a reporter and commentator, and is a former host of a weekday drive-time radio show called "Kevin & Kevin in the Morning" on KGSR-FM (now known as Austin City Limits Radio). He is also the author of "Souled American, " a book tracking race relations in America through music. It was published by BILLBOARD Books, and is often used in college classrooms across the country.

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