Posted on 08/19/2009 7:07:10 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
Edited on 08/19/2009 7:09:44 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
A Florida teenager could face felony vandalism charges for allegedly gluing posters depicting President Obama as the Joker onto public property, FOXNews.com has learned.
Clermont, Fla., Police Capt. Eric Jensen said the state attorney will review evidence to determine whether to charge the unidentified teenager with gluing "dozens" of the posters last week to the city's light poles, public and private buildings, bridge overpasses, road signs and a mailbox.
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1. political speech. (see USSC case on “f*** the draft”)
2. selective enforcement. (see utter lack of prosecution of anti GWBush or ANY anti-republican vanalism of signs. Seriously FL has a SERIOUS problem with candidate sign vanalism)
3. ON THE OTHER SIDE, there is time place and manner issues. But, number two takes care of that by showing OTHER unprosecuted crimes.
I believe it is illegal to post lost dog posters - but it's not enforced. Laws against gang graffiti vandalism aren't enforced either.
But this kid - who dared to put up something uncomplimentary to a liberal - must be punished. So the full force of the law will be used against him. Conservatives are the "Joos" of our time.
Does this “law” also include all the “GANG” (Dumocrats and duggies etc) that polute the cities walls and fences?
Of course this charge will not be applied against anyone who trashes Republicans.
When there is selective enforcement of a law, the law becomes invalid and any further prosecutions are invalid and worthless.
How about a couple of hundred thousand patriots go to that courthouse if there is a trial? It’s gotta start somewhere.
Convicted felons can not vote... think about the implications for a moment.
I don't think it was a private mail box but instead a large public drop mail box that the postal service uses. It would be the only mail box large enough to glue a poster to and they are blue which matches to color of the paint that they had to repaint it with after scraping off the glue from the poster.
From the article:
“Maria Kayanan, associate legal director of Florida's American Civil Liberties Union chapter, said the case does not appear to be a First Amendment issue, citing the property damage.”
“If it was just a poster that didn't cause any destruction, that’d be an entirely different thing,” she told FOXNews.com.
A few months ago an actress, I forget her name, was videoed putting up save the shark posters in Oklahoma City of all places. The police were going to charge her with vandalism. I believe in the end she had to give a public apology and pay for the damages. I expect the same will happen to this guy. If he co-operates I expect he won't be charged with anything. If you read the whole article this doesn't appear to be a politically motivated prosecution. Apparently it wouldn't have been anything at all except he used super sticky glue to affix the posters which caused damage to the surfaces of the objects he affixed them to.
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