Chalk Graffiti and Other Absurdities of Our Times

[Foxfyre]

A recent story in the Las Vegas Sun, among others, cited four 'graffiti vandals' arrested and charged with a felony for writing criticism of the police on the sidewalk outside the police department. I found a story on this here:
4 face charges for sidewalk chalk protest in Vegas - Las Vegas Sun News

Fine them for graffiti, okay, because it was graffiti which is specifically addressed by Las Vegas city ordinances. Or better, just put them to work to clean up the sidewalk.

But these four could be jailed for up to a year. For writing uncomplimentary stuff about the local police on a public sidewalk. They used a child's washable chalk to do it.

I wonder if there would have been arrests if the comments had been complimentary about the police? I wonder if the police now plan to go after kids who chalk a hopscotch grid onto the sidewalk?

I found out about this at the Heritage Foundation site not really known for their excusing or condoning the handiwork of graffiti vandals. They deplore the overreach by the police in this case though. A short but interesting read:
Hard Time for Chalk Crime | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation

And, they are right. This is gross overreach in application of the law.

Maybe this thread could be devoted to such absurdities as they become more and more commonplace in our modern times?

 

[Foxfyre]

Oh, and this is what they wrote.

 

[Camp]

They hired a guy with a powerwasher and spent thousands of dollars to remove childrens chalk from a sidewalk when a garden hose and broom would have done the job for the few bucks it would have cost to have a janitor do the job. They did that so they could make a more serious charge. Sounds like a misuse of public funds.

 

[R.C. Christian]

Case law from Cali exists. 1st amendment right. Stupid thing to get upset over let alone arrest someone for, but pigs will arrest for about anything anymore, especially laws that don't even exist.

 

[hortysir]

So much for that whole "freedom of speech" bullshit, hunh?

 

[Jarlaxle]

They hired a guy with a powerwasher and spent thousands of dollars to remove childrens chalk from a sidewalk when a garden hose and broom would have done the job for the few bucks it would have cost to have a janitor do the job. They did that so they could make a more serious charge. Sounds like a misuse of public funds.

Give me someplace to hook up a hose and I'll do it for $25 and lunch at the nearest decent pizza place! If there's noplace to hook up the hose...make it $50.

 

[Kooshdakhaa]

Does this surprise anyone? That the police behave this way, I mean? Not me. Power corrupts.

Yet, I see people all the time vociferously defending the police after they shoot an unarmed person. So, I guess we reap what we sow.

The more power and approval we give them, the more they'll hang...us.

 

[Foxfyre]

They hired a guy with a powerwasher and spent thousands of dollars to remove childrens chalk from a sidewalk when a garden hose and broom would have done the job for the few bucks it would have cost to have a janitor do the job. They did that so they could make a more serious charge. Sounds like a misuse of public funds.

Give me someplace to hook up a hose and I'll do it for $25 and lunch at the nearest decent pizza place! If there's noplace to hook up the hose...make it $50.

Or better yet, instead of looking like thin skinned jack booted thugs, why not just collar these guys and give them the option of seeing the judge or clean up the mess they made on the sidewalk? Problem solved. Lesson learned. And the tax payers are spared a whole lot of unnecessary expense as well as justice being served.

 

[hortysir]

**** your common sense approach bullshit

 

[MikeK]

A recent story in the Las Vegas Sun, among others, cited four 'graffiti vandals' arrested and charged with a felony for writing criticism of the police on the sidewalk outside the police department. I found a story on this here:
4 face charges for sidewalk chalk protest in Vegas - Las Vegas Sun News

Fine them for graffiti, okay, because it was graffiti which is specifically addressed by Las Vegas city ordinances. Or better, just put them to work to clean up the sidewalk.

But these four could be jailed for up to a year. For writing uncomplimentary stuff about the local police on a public sidewalk. They used a child's washable chalk to do it.

I wonder if there would have been arrests if the comments had been complimentary about the police? I wonder if the police now plan to go after kids who chalk a hopscotch grid onto the sidewalk?

I found out about this at the Heritage Foundation site not really known for their excusing or condoning the handiwork of graffiti vandals. They deplore the overreach by the police in this case though. A short but interesting read:
Hard Time for Chalk Crime | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation

And, they are right. This is gross overreach in application of the law.

Maybe this thread could be devoted to such absurdities as they become more and more commonplace in our modern times?

The felony charge is minor but unmistakable evidence of the emerging American police state.

 

[Unkotare]

They hired a guy with a powerwasher and spent thousands of dollars to remove childrens chalk from a sidewalk when a garden hose and broom would have done the job for the few bucks it would have cost to have a janitor do the job. They did that so they could make a more serious charge. Sounds like a misuse of public funds.

Or better yet just wait until the next time it rains.

 

[Vox]

It is not even a graffiti.

It will be washed away by the first rain.

But that is People Socialist Republic of California, isn't it?

 

[Vox]

They hired a guy with a powerwasher and spent thousands of dollars to remove childrens chalk from a sidewalk when a garden hose and broom would have done the job for the few bucks it would have cost to have a janitor do the job. They did that so they could make a more serious charge. Sounds like a misuse of public funds.

California at it's best

 

[Vox]

They hired a guy with a powerwasher and spent thousands of dollars to remove childrens chalk from a sidewalk when a garden hose and broom would have done the job for the few bucks it would have cost to have a janitor do the job. They did that so they could make a more serious charge. Sounds like a misuse of public funds.

Give me someplace to hook up a hose and I'll do it for $25 and lunch at the nearest decent pizza place! If there's noplace to hook up the hose...make it $50.

Or better yet, instead of looking like thin skinned jack booted thugs, why not just collar these guys and give them the option of seeing the judge or clean up the mess they made on the sidewalk? Problem solved. Lesson learned. And the tax payers are spared a whole lot of unnecessary expense as well as justice being served.

the mess?

you have not seen kids playing using sidewalk all chalked?

 

[Camp]

They hired a guy with a powerwasher and spent thousands of dollars to remove childrens chalk from a sidewalk when a garden hose and broom would have done the job for the few bucks it would have cost to have a janitor do the job. They did that so they could make a more serious charge. Sounds like a misuse of public funds.

California at it's best

Think it was in Las Vegas

 

[Dante]

As somebody who has 'chalked' for years, I must say the Heritage is partly to blame for pushing a Law and Order agend for decades. Now they throw lut a Heritage Libertarian to counter their decades long right wing fascisti screeds? No one will be doing any jail time

 

[bianco]

How does that song go?
Ah yes;

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgtQj8O92eI]Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law(1966) - YouTube[/ame]
Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law [and the law won](1966) .

 

[Foxfyre]

Give me someplace to hook up a hose and I'll do it for $25 and lunch at the nearest decent pizza place! If there's noplace to hook up the hose...make it $50.

Or better yet, instead of looking like thin skinned jack booted thugs, why not just collar these guys and give them the option of seeing the judge or clean up the mess they made on the sidewalk? Problem solved. Lesson learned. And the tax payers are spared a whole lot of unnecessary expense as well as justice being served.

the mess?

you have not seen kids playing using sidewalk all chalked?

The point is the guys did violate an existing city ordinance. I have no problem with the police calling that to their attention. But it would have served justice much better to give the guys a choice of a ticket and court appearance, or they could clean up the mess they made.

Here's a good example of how a good cop handles something like that:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRRTlrfTw0s]Angry Driver Pulled Over - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Jarlaxle]

As somebody who has 'chalked' for years, I must say the Heritage is partly to blame for pushing a Law and Order agend for decades. Now they throw lut a Heritage Libertarian to counter their decades long right wing fascisti screeds? No one will be doing any jail time

Can someone translate this from garble to English, please?

 

[Vox]

They hired a guy with a powerwasher and spent thousands of dollars to remove childrens chalk from a sidewalk when a garden hose and broom would have done the job for the few bucks it would have cost to have a janitor do the job. They did that so they could make a more serious charge. Sounds like a misuse of public funds.

California at it's best

Think it was in Las Vegas

oh, sorry, my bad.

las vegas is libtard as well, though