Posted on 11/17/2024 4:57:56 PM PST by algore
A Seattle man was arrested and could face 10 years in prison for doing burnouts on an LGBTQ+ mural.
Ivan Barzul, 21, was taken into custody Tuesday at his home in Renton after being accused of vandalizing the City’s LGBTQ+ Pride art piece, and nearly hitting pedestrians and cars as he did so.
He's accused of committing the crime on three different occasions - July 14, September 7 and September 15 - at the mural, according to the Bellevue Police Department.
Barzul was arrested for three counts of malicious mischief (first-degree vandalism), and three counts of reckless driving.
He could face 10 years in prison for the malicious mischief charges, and possibly another year behind bars for the reckless driving charges. U
In July, Barzul was caught on camera allegedly conducting a '720-degree burnout in a counterclockwise motion over the Pride art piece,' police said.
When he finished, he allegedly sped away, leaving about $3,2000 in damage to the piece, the City of Bellevue’s Transportation Department estimated.
During the first September incident, Barzul allegedly conducted another burnout across the mural.
'For this incident, the suspect had his windows rolled down and completed the burnout in the middle of traffic and while pedestrians were crossing the crosswalk,' police detailed.
For that, he caused an estimated $5,000 in damages to the piece of art.
Around 8pm on September 15, the suspect allegedly completed another 720-degree turn in his sedan, causing more than $5,300 in damages
'The Bellevue Police Department wants to extend their thanks to the community for partnering with us to help us identify this subject and bring him into custody.'
Investigators said there is no evidence to indicate this was a hate crime.
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And neither should he.
That said, he seems like a douche who needs a few months jail and a suspended license.
I am waiting to what he gets to the belltown hellcat-guy.
His crime is against the left’s Cult of Self: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4279046/posts
Street takeovers are ok as long as you don’t deface the rainbow.
How much time do you get if you crap on it?
Make him repaint it and community service or something. I just imagine what the conversation will be in prison, what are you in for?
He was just adding some black(rubber) to the rainbow for color diversity.
If they want to call it a mural, it should be painted on a wall. while this is a little more artistic than the “Black Lives Matter” letters painted on the street, this is still just paint in the street.
The WORST that should happen to the driver is a ticket for reckless driving.
And whoever (if anyone) in the city administration approved painting something other than traffic control symbols in the street, THEY should be charged with defacing public property.
Well, clearly he deserves more time in jail than someone who raped a baby or committed manslaughter! That is just common sense.
Isn’t that the same punishment for the Antifa who took over CHAZ?
Typical leftist Seattle government getting it backwards.
His punishment for defacing the mural is greater than his reckless driving where he actually endangered people.
But that is the norm in Seattle/Portland Sodom/Gomorrah
“A Seattle man was arrested and could face 10 years in prison for doing burnouts on an LGBTQ+ mural.”
Tear down a statue. No problem.
Burn an American flag. No problem.
Spin your tires over an LGBT “mural”...face 10 years in prison.
And I turned 21 in prison,
Doing burnouts in the wrong place,
No one could steer me right
I was already there
The LGBTQWERTY gang came for me, it such an awful sight
But I’ll still be right
I’ll still be right
He would be a political prisoner. No one else goes to prison for peeling out.
Does he have any previous? If not probation and suspended license
It'll take him forever to pay that off.
The city created an “attractive nuisance”!
We won. Who cares?
This is a false prosecution. The man committed no crime.
” leaving about $3,2000 in damage”
That’s a lot of damage, isn’t that like a quadzillion or something?
He needs to do a burnout on the Judge’s desk.
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