Controversy
Before the release of the game, Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, Cope2 called a local Councilman, Peter Vallone Jr., to complain about the shutting down of a 2005 publicity event for the title. The event, coordinated by Mark Ecko, called for the spray painting of vintage train cars during a block party celebrating Graffiti and Hip Hop culture. Vallone is noted as saying he was responsible for having the permit pulled for the event. The event permit was later reissued as Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Federal District Court in Manhattan over turned the previous ruling on grounds of freedom of speech.
Vallone is also quoted as calling Cope2 a "punk. It is said this confrontation by Vallone was sparked due to the interest of Time Magazine in the artist.
It has been said that Cope2 has been one of the main targets of the New York City Vandal Squad due to his high profile status in the graffiti world, however he openly brags to the police and others about his exploits and those of real Graffiti Artists.
Carlo was arrested as recently as September 2010 for allegedly painting subway cars in a tunnel in uptown Manhattan a year earlier. He was charged with two counts of felony mischief and one misdemeanor graffiti charge. The arrest took over a year as he was abroad.
In 2011, Utah and Ether accused Cope2 of being an informant for the NYPD. Others claim to have been threatened by Cope2 for publishing details of his ongoing rivalry with Utah and Ether.
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