Group Holds Flash Mob At Art Basel For Graffiti Artist Who Died After Being Tasered By Miami Beach Police

'Justice For Reefa' Protest Goes Down Outside Art Basel
MIAMI BEACH, FL - AUGUST 10: People hold posters during a vigil for 18-year-old graffiti artist Israel Hernandez-Llach, who died after being tasered by a Miami Beach police officer on August 10, 2013 in Miami Beach, Florida. The vigil was held in front of the abandoned McDonalds building where early Tuesday morning officers reportedly saw him painting graffiti on the building before a chase took place and the tasering. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
MIAMI BEACH, FL - AUGUST 10: People hold posters during a vigil for 18-year-old graffiti artist Israel Hernandez-Llach, who died after being tasered by a Miami Beach police officer on August 10, 2013 in Miami Beach, Florida. The vigil was held in front of the abandoned McDonalds building where early Tuesday morning officers reportedly saw him painting graffiti on the building before a chase took place and the tasering. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

A group seeking justice for the teenage Colombian artist, who died after being Tasered by a Miami Beach police officer four months ago took their message before thousands in town for Art Basel Friday night.

Israel Hernandez-Llach died this past August after police caught him spray painting an abandoned McDonald's building and shocked him with a Taser.

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