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Houston Man Slammed Against Car, Ticketed Over Obama ‘Joker’ Posters
Chicago Daily Observer ^ | 9.17.09 | Breitbart

Posted on 09/17/2009 12:48:22 PM PDT by rface

VIDEO At Link HERE

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A Houston man was handcuffed and assaulted by cops for posting anti-Obama flyers around his town, actions described as “criminal vandalism” by police and some local residents, despite the fact that giant pro-Obama murals are openly displayed in the same neighborhood for all to see.

21-year-old Mark Fuhre, an Alex Jones Show listener, decided to post the flyers even though the Infowars Obama Joker Poster Contest had ended, because he wanted to alert his neighbors to the cult of personality being manufactured around Obama and how the establishment is stifling any criticism of the President by constantly invoking racism.

Fuhre believed that he had a first amendment right to express his opinion, just as those that spray painted giant Obama “HOPE” murals in the same neighborhood had done without opposition.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: america2point0; bds; beserkcop; bushitler; civilprotest; donutwatch; doublestandard; houston; jokerposter; leo; obamunism; police; policestate; streetart; vandalism
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1 posted on 09/17/2009 12:48:22 PM PDT by rface
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To: rface

They will get him on posting bills on public property.


2 posted on 09/17/2009 12:50:02 PM PDT by svcw (Legalism reinforces self-righteousness - it communicates to you the good news of your own goodness)
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To: rface


He should just paint a nice, thick Hitler-stache on the mural and replace "Hope" with "Heil"!
3 posted on 09/17/2009 12:51:13 PM PDT by Rodebrecht (Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
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To: svcw

maybe so - but it will be selective prosecution


4 posted on 09/17/2009 12:51:13 PM PDT by rface
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To: rface

And 0bama is a uniter my butt.

0bama is a jackass.<-—————— I could say more but the list on names we can call him is short.

BTW:I always assumed Brietbart news was liberal.Is Brietbart the one reporting on ACORN this Brietbart.


5 posted on 09/17/2009 12:51:52 PM PDT by NoObamaFightForConservatives (Obama, the first ever 3 in a half year, lame duck TOTUS)
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To: rface

Also, break a rib; sue police department.


6 posted on 09/17/2009 12:52:21 PM PDT by Rodebrecht (Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
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To: rface

So where’s the big criminal drag net on all those “criminals” posting “lost dog”, “Lose 20 pounds in a week for $10” or “Free firewood” signs? So where’s the hazards in these situations? Where’s the hundreds of criminals who did this and why isn’t there a major investigation finding these people??

Oh, maybe it’s because those signs didn’t insult their Marxist Commissar.

Yeah, freedom of speech—indeed.


7 posted on 09/17/2009 12:54:39 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: rface

No doubt, as it is always what left wing thugs do.


8 posted on 09/17/2009 12:55:48 PM PDT by svcw (Legalism reinforces self-righteousness - it communicates to you the good news of your own goodness)
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To: svcw

The Won’s National Security Force in its infancy.


9 posted on 09/17/2009 12:56:43 PM PDT by Eleven Bravo 6 319thID
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To: WKUHilltopper
So where’s the big criminal drag net on all those “criminals” posting “lost dog”, “Lose 20 pounds in a week for $10” or “Free firewood” signs?

"Come Hear My Lame Band!"

10 posted on 09/17/2009 12:57:07 PM PDT by randog (Tap into America!)
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To: svcw

Then they should go after the guy also that painted the hopie changie thing on his very public wall. It could cause serious damage to conservatives who have to puke every time they see it!

ROFL!


11 posted on 09/17/2009 12:57:21 PM PDT by RowdyFFC (Nancy Pelosi...please deny her any health care....)
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To: rface
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12 posted on 09/17/2009 12:57:33 PM PDT by xuberalles (Quality, Conservative Novelties: The Right Stuff! http://www.zazzle.com/xuberalles)
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To: rface

There has got to be more to this story than is being reported. If he was posting the flyers on private or public property without the consent of the owners or the city then the guy broke the law and is wrong.
Also, are the pro-Obama murals painted on private property with the consent of the owners? If so, there isn’t a legal problem with the murals. Private property owners have the right to “discriminate” and allow only certain signs/murals posted on their property.
However, if the pro-obama murals were allowed to be done on public property, but the anti-obama flyers were not, then the guy should sue.
Unfortunately, I can’t judge without knowing more of this story.


13 posted on 09/17/2009 12:58:57 PM PDT by TXDuke
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To: WKUHilltopper
Yeah, freedom of speech—indeed.

Freedom of approved speech...

14 posted on 09/17/2009 1:00:22 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

Brietbart is a very conservative guy. You should read about his Twitter comments concerning Ted Kennedy’s death.


15 posted on 09/17/2009 1:01:16 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Liberals have an inability to value good character or to desire it for themselves.)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

Breitbart is a conservative. I believe he’s pals with Matt Drudge.


16 posted on 09/17/2009 1:03:09 PM PDT by rom (Israel got Saul before they got David. Where's our David?)
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To: TXDuke
Exactly right on all counts. We are not getting the full story.

What I do know is that posting bills like those on public property is expressly against the law in Houston. It is true that it is intermittently enforced, but the law is enforced on occasions.

It also sounds like he was not just taping the posters up, but using some sort of glue to post them so that they would be permanently attached...most people looking for their lost pets don't use glue to attach their signs.

Judgment reserved until further information becomes available.
17 posted on 09/17/2009 1:04:22 PM PDT by Sudetenland (Slow to anger but terrible in vengence...such is the character of the American people.)
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To: rface

He was met at his home by SEVEN cops.

I would like to see photos of that bunch...


18 posted on 09/17/2009 1:05:01 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: TXDuke
You sound like a Liberal apologist. Who the hell cares if he broke the law? Support a patriot.

19 posted on 09/17/2009 1:05:55 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: rface

Where’s the ACLU?

What do you mean they agree with the arrest?


20 posted on 09/17/2009 1:11:16 PM PDT by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: svcw

What this should teach us is NEVER to perform ANY political action without supportive witnesses and video cams (at least two, one with the action and one at a distance). As the Brownshirts get pushed they will get violent. Also the tapings are the beginnings of lawsuits which will make the leftists bleed a little.


21 posted on 09/17/2009 1:14:23 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Angry about where our country is going with the current regime at the helm.)
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To: TLI

And they behaved “stupidly”.


22 posted on 09/17/2009 1:14:37 PM PDT by Merlinator (9/11...NEVER forget, and NEVER forgive)
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To: I see my hands

I am about the farthest thing from a liberal apologist. However, conservatism is based on logic and based on the rule of law.
By definition, a patriot is someone that fights for equal treatment thru the rule of law (hence freedom). An anarchist believes in breaking all the rules just to get their way.
Only a liberal would think it is alright to break the law just to get their point across. If you blindly support someone for unilaterally breaking the law, then you are certainly not a Patriot, but you may be a liberal.


23 posted on 09/17/2009 1:15:10 PM PDT by TXDuke
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To: TLI

Mr. Fuhre has visited the transition line between socialism and fascism.


24 posted on 09/17/2009 1:15:43 PM PDT by paulcissa (The first requirement of Liberalism is to stand on your head and tell the world they're upside down)
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To: rface
It is against the law where I live to put posters on utility poles and you can be ticketed for doing it but I would like to know the reason the guy was slammed against a car in his own driveway and handcuffed for hanging posters.
25 posted on 09/17/2009 1:17:01 PM PDT by kempo
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To: TXDuke
Move to France and get a job trashing the US in the UN. They have reasons and lots of weasel words too.

26 posted on 09/17/2009 1:19:42 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: Rodebrecht

This mural is on private property. However the OBAMA HOPE/CHANGE posters were wheatpasted on public property (ex. traffic light boxes) by Obamunists without prosecution.

And Barack Hussein Obama KNEW that would be the case when he hired Shepard Fairey to produce and distribute edgey campaign materials. Mr. Fairey has since been contacted by the NEA to produce State propaganda promoting Obama’s agenda.

But the media is SILENT. They lie by omission and act as if the RESPONSE comes out of nowhere. IT is likewise tactics.

And Alex Jones is a nut.


27 posted on 09/17/2009 1:20:32 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Is Jimmy Carter's wife still hanging around with gay serial killers like John Wayne Gacy?)
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To: TXDuke
The President HIMSELF supports such publicly posted art:


28 posted on 09/17/2009 1:22:17 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Is Jimmy Carter's wife still hanging around with gay serial killers like John Wayne Gacy?)
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To: Sudetenland

Did the HPD ever charge the famous California artist who put up the bigoted “KING OF BEERS - KING OF JEWS” billboard pasteup in Houston?

It was boasted of online but the media pretended they didn’t know the culprit who just happened to have an art show at The Station just up the street.


29 posted on 09/17/2009 1:23:43 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Is Jimmy Carter's wife still hanging around with gay serial killers like John Wayne Gacy?)
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To: a fool in paradise
Pretty much what I expected.

Also, though Alex Jones is a bit nutty, I still trust him more than the MSM.
30 posted on 09/17/2009 1:25:04 PM PDT by Rodebrecht (Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

Yes.


31 posted on 09/17/2009 1:25:47 PM PDT by the long march
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To: Rodebrecht


32 posted on 09/17/2009 1:26:10 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Wearing neck brace in commemoration of Ted Kennedy's contribution to our society.)
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To: rface

The poor dear was only trying to do a little community organizing.

And if anyone thinks the same thing would have occurred if they guy was posting pro-Osama posters or “Eat at Joes”, you’re wrong.


33 posted on 09/17/2009 1:26:46 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Hey Obama. Where is Osama Bin Laden?)
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To: TXDuke

Point.


34 posted on 09/17/2009 1:26:54 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Equal Justice Under Law" - inscription on the lintel of the U.S. Supreme Court)
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To: I see my hands; TXDuke
You sound like a Liberal apologist. Who the hell cares if he broke the law? Support a patriot.

Patriots don't break laws lightly.

35 posted on 09/17/2009 1:32:00 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (hang the Czars.)
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To: I see my hands

I don’t think anyone has trashed the U.S. and only you seem to be advocating violating the law or blindly believing what you read. Get a clue!

You are a troll and nothing more.


36 posted on 09/17/2009 1:35:29 PM PDT by TXDuke
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To: TXDuke

Don’t bother responding to this guy. He just likes to take pot shots. He doesn’t want a discussion he wants destruction.

Ignoring him will be more effective


37 posted on 09/17/2009 1:35:34 PM PDT by the long march
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To: svcw

Doesn’t surprise me a bit. RagingElephants.com posted a signboard stating that Martin Luther King was a Republican. Lefties all over them in a New York minute and sign had to be taken down. We are not only a sanctuary city for illegals from the south but also for all the left wing nuts including Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee and Gene Green.


38 posted on 09/17/2009 1:37:21 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: a fool in paradise

This has nothing do this with what the LIC (Liar-in-Chief) wants. This has to do with not knowing the whole story.
If the pro-Obama posters were on public property and allowed by the city then the anti-obama posters should also be allowed. However, if the pro-obama posters were only on private property with the consent of the property owners then the anti-obama posters do not have to be allowed on that same private property. This is about private property rights.
I damn sure don’t want some Obama supporter demanding that I post a pro-obama poster on my property just because I exercised my 1st amendment rights and displayed an anti-obama poster.
We still need to know the facts of this case before it is judged.


39 posted on 09/17/2009 1:39:20 PM PDT by TXDuke
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To: rface

Here come the Brown Shirts.


40 posted on 09/17/2009 1:40:02 PM PDT by RoadTest ( Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols - Psalm 97:12a)
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To: the long march

Since he is obviously a troll just trying to make conservatives look like we don’t support following the law, is there a way to ban him from freepers? He makes us all look bad.


41 posted on 09/17/2009 1:40:49 PM PDT by TXDuke
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First

Unfortunately, I can’t judge without knowing more of this story.

Unfortunately your first sentence did exactly that.

There has got to be more to this story than is being reported.

42 posted on 09/17/2009 1:40:59 PM PDT by itsahoot (Each generation takes to excess, what the previous generation accepted in moderation.)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

You are probably thinking of Bloomberg News. Breitbart is new on the scene; Bloomberg’s been around awhile.


43 posted on 09/17/2009 1:42:55 PM PDT by ync1994
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To: TXDuke
However, conservatism is based on logic and based on the rule of law.

Dang, I knew there was some reason we keep losing.

44 posted on 09/17/2009 1:43:00 PM PDT by itsahoot (Each generation takes to excess, what the previous generation accepted in moderation.)
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To: Rodebrecht

Or “Hype”.


45 posted on 09/17/2009 1:44:11 PM PDT by Skenderbej
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

Yes, and he is not liberal, he may have been once. He has two sites Breitbart news and he one he posts the ACORN stuff on, biggovernment.com.


46 posted on 09/17/2009 1:45:45 PM PDT by calex59 (FUBO, we want our constitution back and we intend to get it!)
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To: itsahoot

I disagree. I didn’t prematurely judge by indicating that there was more to the story. By “judging”, I was referring to the guilt or innocence of the arrest guy and the guilt or innocence of the police department. Since this article ONLY gives the perspective of the arrested guy then by default, we have not been given the FULL story.
Where is the arrest record or comments by the police department beyond the actual arrest charge? Therefore, my statement that we do not have all of the story is correct and I still have not judged who was wrong in this encounter.


47 posted on 09/17/2009 1:47:21 PM PDT by TXDuke
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To: TXDuke

Answer this question: Why did they throw him up against a car and haul him in. Last time I looked they gave you a ticket for posting stuff illegally, just like a traffic ticket. Sounds to me like some cops went overboard, AGAIN, on an arrest.


48 posted on 09/17/2009 1:48:09 PM PDT by calex59 (FUBO, we want our constitution back and we intend to get it!)
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To: TXDuke

And where has he broken the law, Einstein? You do know that political speech is protected under the 1st amendment, right?


49 posted on 09/17/2009 1:48:48 PM PDT by rintense (Senior Marketing / IT / UX architect unemployed and looking for work. Freepmail me if you have leads)
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To: rface

I’m confused. Where was there any vandalism? What property did he destroy? And since “when” does putting/taping fliers up on poles constitute criminal mischief or grafitti?

Besides, DemocRat Mayor Bill White must think that anyone that spray paints grafitti (which Fuhre did NOT do) is A-OK... since White passed an edict that punishes property owners to the tune of $500 per incident, if they do not remove the grafitti themselves, at their own cost. To me, that must mean that destruction of private property by grafitti is NOT a crime or even criminal mischief.

Am I off base here, or is this just another typical leftist double standard?


50 posted on 09/17/2009 1:52:04 PM PDT by XenaLee
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