[hellinahandcart]

Tracey Chandler, a Whittier mother of four who has maintained the spontaneous memorial since it was created by other area residents soon after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, said she was shocked by the destruction.

"They trashed 87 flags, ripped 11 memorial tiles made by myself and my children out of the ground and glued the Bob Dylan song to a sign that said, 'America, land of the brave, home of the free,' ' she said.

And the police saw no ill intent to this, and just stood there and watched.

[goldstategop]

Bob Dylan? That would be the last song I'd use to deface a 9-11 memorial. Can you spell idiots...

[areafiftyone]

Do you feel your blood boiling or what? I cannot believe that. NYC cops would have hauled their asses in jail!