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Police: Man smashes ancient museum artifacts worth millions
AP ^ | 6/2/22 | The Associated Press

Posted on 06/02/2022 3:18:23 PM PDT by DallasBiff

DALLAS -- A man broke into the Dallas Museum of Art and caused more than $5 million in damage, including smashing three ancient Greek artifacts before he was arrested, police said.

Brian Hernandez, 21, is charged with criminal mischief of more than or equal to $300,000, which is punishable by five years to life in prison. He was booked Thursday into the Dallas County jail with bond set at $100,000. Jail records list no attorney for Hernandez.

According to police, Hernandez used a metal chair to break into the museum about 9:45 p.m. Wednesday and began a destructive rampage.

He broke into a display case and smashed a 6th century B.C. Greek amphora and a Greek pot dating to 450 B.C. Police say those two items alone were worth about $5 million. Also smashed were a bowl from 6th century B.C., worth about $100,000, and a ceramic Caddo effigy bottle valued at about $10,000.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Mexico; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: amphora; associatedpress; brianhernandez; caddoeffigybottle; dallas; dallasartmuseam; godsgravesglyphs; greece; texas; woke
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LA coming to Dallas.

The liberal democrat director of the museum is shocked about what happened.

1 posted on 06/02/2022 3:18:23 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Life sentence to a rubber room.


2 posted on 06/02/2022 3:20:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: DallasBiff

“Im shocked, shocked I say”

“Round up the usual suspects”


3 posted on 06/02/2022 3:21:56 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: DallasBiff

put him in a pillory in downtown Dallas, for public shaming.


4 posted on 06/02/2022 3:22:11 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: DallasBiff

Euripides?
Usmashades?


5 posted on 06/02/2022 3:23:15 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (That`s 464 people per square foot! Is this corrrect..it was NYC.)
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To: DallasBiff

Yep, and a few days ago someone pulled up to the Mona Lisa in a wheelchair, and smeared cake over the painting.


6 posted on 06/02/2022 3:24:33 PM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: DallasBiff

Doesn’t anyone in Dallas have a Helicopter to give this guy a ride in??


7 posted on 06/02/2022 3:24:37 PM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: DallasBiff

They have items worth millions yet someone with a metal chair can break in? Perhaps they should sell something and improve their security.


8 posted on 06/02/2022 3:24:52 PM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: DallasBiff

Another senseless and violent act? Who is his therapist? what drugs is he on?


9 posted on 06/02/2022 3:25:39 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: CIB-173RDABN
They have items worth millions yet someone with a metal chair can break in? Perhaps they should sell something and improve their security

Stupid woke liberals, don't realize the world they created.

10 posted on 06/02/2022 3:28:22 PM PDT by DallasBiff (Lautenberg The Forefather of "The Nanny State!")
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To: DallasBiff

Don’t forget Islam. They are all about destroying ancient treasures.


11 posted on 06/02/2022 3:29:42 PM PDT by Scarlett156 (Today I will be all happiness, positivity, and smiles. Let's be friends! )
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To: BenLurkin

He should have been shot dead, then shot again, because evil cannot be dead enough.


12 posted on 06/02/2022 3:32:07 PM PDT by Carl Vehse (A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
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To: CIB-173RDABN

Shatter proof glass? Alarm system? What a concept.


13 posted on 06/02/2022 3:32:44 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: DallasBiff

Just part of the never ending battle against Cultural Appropriations! The struggle is REAL!!


14 posted on 06/02/2022 3:33:14 PM PDT by Kartographer (“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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To: bunkerhill7

Ancient artifacts are serious business. I’m ashamed of myself for laughing at your post.


15 posted on 06/02/2022 3:33:27 PM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (To the barricades !!!)
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To: C210N
I really have no problem with someone giving Mona Lisa Pie

(except they should have done it on 3/14)

Giving Pie to politicians is a tradition in Europe, one that we should have here.

Sometimes even other people deserve Pie

16 posted on 06/02/2022 3:42:09 PM PDT by algore
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To: CIB-173RDABN

It seems that a museum in Dallas and a school in Uvalde have the same superior airtight infallible security system.


17 posted on 06/02/2022 3:42:13 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I love my country. It's my government that I hate.)
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To: C210N

Thankfully, there was glass to protect the Mona Lisa. I had a chance to see her but had jet lag.

Both idiots need to spend the rest of their lives in prison.


18 posted on 06/02/2022 3:42:53 PM PDT by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: eyeamok

The same big oil money that bought the stuff in the first place should be able to bring in a spare chopper?


19 posted on 06/02/2022 3:44:26 PM PDT by OldWarBaby
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To: Scarlett156

Especially treasure from Greece possibly?


20 posted on 06/02/2022 3:47:58 PM PDT by firebrand
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