This was by the artist, William E Jones in 2008. Butler & Peter Mars, 'The Best Suit in Town: A Generation of Cops', Royal Palm Press, 2001).Īlthough the original surveillance footage was captured covertly in a subterranean restroom (located in Mansfield’s main civic square), even MORE INCREDIBLY, the actual footage was later transposed into a contemporary art gallery setting and shown publicly, as MODERN ART !!! I can only assume this was done without the permission of the men captured on camera, but can't be certain. Mansfield p*lice didn't need much prompting to do this after a convicted murd*r*r, Jerrell Ray Howell, taunted the authorities to, 'take a look at the men’s room in Central Park on the square, that’s where I first had oral sex with a man.' (John P. They filmed their subjects through a one-way mirror installed in an underground public convenience. The footage was taken by William Spognardi, a lieut in the Mansfield p*lice dept, along with his assistant, lieut Richard Burton. Many of the men we can see here were found guilty (some of their mugshots can be found elsewhere, online). To thecap1: This footage was captured over 3 weeks in Mansfield, Ohio, during the summer of 1962.
