GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter Decides He���s Had Enough, Removes Capitol Art Depicting Police as Pigs

Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., like so many others, had a real problem with a piece of artwork that had been on display since last June at the U.S. Capitol.

The painting in question depicts police officers as pigs, and found its way to D.C. as a result of the artist, a high school student, winning an annual

Congressional Art Competition sponsored by Rep. Lacy Clay, D-Mo.

Hunter told FoxNews.com, ���I was angry. I���ve seen the press [reporting] on this for about a week or so. ��� I���m in the Marine Corps. If you want it done, just call us.��� Reportedly, Hunter unscrewed the piece himself and walked it over to Clay���s office, where he left it.

The painting had been a source of outrage among a vast number of law enforcement professionals across the country. Upon hearing that it had been removed from public display at the Capitol, Ron Hernandez, president of the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs, said that his group was ���very pleased.���

���At a time of our country facing rising crime and a shortage of those willing to work the streets as police officers and deputy sheriffs, we need to make it clear that depictions of law enforcement officers as pigs in our Nation's Capital is not acceptable,��� Hernandez said.

As for the painting itself, while it reflects a variety of images, the foreground primarily depicts a police officer in the form of a pig who���s pointing a gun at black protesters. The artist is David Pulphus, who, at the time he painted the piece, was a senior at Cardinal Ritter Prep in St. Louis, Mo. According to Rep. Clay���s office, in painting what he did, the student was engaging in a commentary reflective of his own experiences living so close to the troubles that plagued nearby Ferguson, Mo. back in 2014.

By Robert G. Yetman, Jr. Editor At Large