The man behind the comic book anti-hero, The Punisher, recently gave an interview to SYFY.com in which he put police on blast for continuing to use his skull logo. Conway’s call for Black Lives Matter-themed Punisher art is not the first time that the writer has spoken out against the police’s appropriation of the character. According to Conway, The Punisher’s character, Frank Castle, represents a failure of the system not a symbol of it. //and we can just return here. var ctx = this; }; If an officer of the law, representing the justice system puts a criminal’s symbol on his police car, or shares challenge coins honoring a criminal he or she is making a very ill-advised statement about their understanding of the law. document.body.appendChild(script); It is reasonable to suggest, therefore, that the adoption of a vigilante killer’s logo (who murders with impunity and without consequence) could worsen and entrench this already extant pattern. In fact, in 2014, when the Blue Lives Matter movement arose in response to Black Lives Matter movement, the Punisher logo was adopted by this camp. + '