Many believe that the infamous “Penis Man” graffiti artist who tagged dozens of spots in Arizona was brought to heavy-handed justice by Tempe police on Thursday. But containing the spirit of Penis Man will be much harder than anyone would have expected.
According to the Phoenix New Times, a man named Dustin Shomer posted on Facebook Saturday morning that he was arrested in his Phoenix condo by a SWAT team.
"They raided my condo and vehicle and swarmed my entire complex in west Phoenix with 25 heavily armed SWAT officers, and pointed a silenced assault rifle in my face,” he wrote.
He was booked on 16 counts of aggravated criminal damage, eight counts of criminal damage and one count of criminal trespassing, all related to incidents where he spray-painted “Penis Man” on various buildings and objects.
But is Shomer the Penis Man? The one that’s been tagging spots across the state for two months and captured nationwide attention? Shomer says no, he’s just a follower who did a few of the taggings.
"I'm not the original," Shomer told the Phoenix New Times on Monday. "There are hundreds of copycats with very distinctively different handwriting."
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lold at using a swat team for his arrest.
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Instead of arresting him they should have dragged him out of his apartment and made him clean his shit up with a rag and some paint thinner at gunpoint. No food, water, rest or sleep until there is not a single spot in Arizona defaced with the words "Penis Man". No criminal charges or jail time, they let him go afterwards, just let him know next time he gets the bullet instead of a rag and paint thinner.