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67-Year-Old Writer Handcuffed and Jailed Over Chalk Graffiti; ‘Petty’ Arrest Amidst a Plague [wrote "Trump = Plague"]
West Side Rag ^ | 5/7/2020 | Carol Tannenhauser

Posted on 05/15/2020 4:46:03 PM PDT by simpson96

...on April 16th, Jill Nelson, a 67-year-old writer, left her apartment on Riverside Drive to run a few essential errands.(snip)... she passed a boarded-up storefront, and wrote “Trump = Plague” in pink chalk. Seconds later, she was in handcuffs, she told us.

“Before I could step back and see my handiwork, two police SUVs roared up on either side of me, and blocked me in,” Nelson told the Rag. “Four officers jumped out: ‘What are you doing? Why are you doing that? Do you own this building? Do you have a weapon?’

“They roughly cuffed me, took my purse, and shoved me into the back of an SUV. I was taken to the 33rd Precinct and put in a cell at about 1 p.m. I was never read my rights.(snip)

Nelson has been charged with graffiti, a misdemeanor, and was held at the 33rd Precinct for more than five hours.(snip)...they weren’t going to let me out because I didn’t have a picture ID,”(snip)

During a phone call that Nelson claims was cut short by an NYPD officer, she was unable to communicate her whereabouts to her husband, Flores A. Forbes,(snip)

Eventually, Forbes arrived, having given up on the squad car and determined his wife was almost certainly at the 33rd Precinct.

“They had a plastic evidence bag and I saw my license, from my cell,” Nelson said.(snip)

It wasn’t until 6:37 p.m. that Nelson was able to leave the precinct, and not without a stern reminder as to her impending day in court, she said.

“When I left, the desk sergeant, who was of African-American descent, said, you better show up, because if you don’t we’re going to come to your house and arrest you.”

On her way home, Nelson noticed that “Trump = Plague” had already been smudged away.

(Excerpt) Read more at westsiderag.com ...


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To: simpson96

Hubby Black Panther leader...spent some time in prison


41 posted on 05/15/2020 5:26:10 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: simpson96

Someone should have added “Cure” at the end...


42 posted on 05/15/2020 5:26:28 PM PDT by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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To: Lurkinanloomin
I get your point, but when a leftist has it happen to them, it’s so rare, I enjoyed it a little, sorry.

Dollar to doughnuts if someone was chalking "Trump = God", she would have been 911'ing her sorry butt off.

And I don't condone that kind of over the top treatment for anyone, but I did get a little giggle out of it.
43 posted on 05/15/2020 5:26:44 PM PDT by ratzoe
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To: Hot Tabasco

What kind of old lady defaces the property of other people? Graffiti is normally done by juvenile delinquents.
When is this 67 year old tart going to grow up?
Meanwhile, nobody else has suggested they throw in her in jail for for the rest of her life. You did.


44 posted on 05/15/2020 5:27:04 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: bramps

It actually happened to me and a friend quite a while ago.


45 posted on 05/15/2020 5:28:40 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: simpson96

This the arrogance of self entitlement no matter the reason and who you are. Pox on all your houses.


46 posted on 05/15/2020 5:29:01 PM PDT by Liaison (TANSTAAFL)
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To: simpson96

I have an MS in park design and resource management. One of our textbooks mentioned that vandalism was almost unknown prior to WWII.

I still wonder what happened to the post war generations to cause that.


47 posted on 05/15/2020 5:33:22 PM PDT by yarddog ( For I am persuaded.)
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To: freeandfreezing

Bringing pink chalk to run some errands is intent for write some illegal graffiti. She would have still been arrested if she was a KKK member scrawling “Moochelle Obugger is a tranny” on SomeOne else’s property.


48 posted on 05/15/2020 5:37:36 PM PDT by davidb56
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To: freeandfreezing

Writers always carry pink chalk — you never know when the muse will alight on your shoulder and you need to get your deepest thoughts written down quickly before they vanish into the void. Isn’t it obvious that’s what happened here?


49 posted on 05/15/2020 5:42:30 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: yarddog

Those rowdy Roman soldiers wrote some frisky graffiti on Hadrian’s wall.
https://www.foxnews.com/science/roman-soldiers-very-rude-graffiti-revealed-near-hadrians-wall


50 posted on 05/15/2020 6:01:22 PM PDT by freefdny
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To: Lurkinanloomin; wastedyears
Sorry, but I can't take "chalking" seriously as vandalism. It can be instantly washed or smudged away.

Yes, it might be an annoyance and even an encroachment on private property. But multiple police? Handcuffs? Jail? It's a dangerous overreaction. At most the cop should have told her to smudge it out and not do it again, unless it's her own property.

51 posted on 05/15/2020 6:04:59 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Just a working hypothesis.)
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To: daniel1212

I’m with you. The story somehow has a Juicy Smellitt kind of smell.


52 posted on 05/15/2020 6:10:21 PM PDT by certrtwngnut (4- Do something,,,,even if it's wrong.)
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To: simpson96

Ima go out on a limb here and say that 90% of her story is likely bullschitt


53 posted on 05/15/2020 6:11:24 PM PDT by digger48
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To: simpson96

I’m thinking a fake hate crime story .... NYPD’s finest wouldn’t waste their time on some simple minded graffiti when there are single sale cigarette sellers and other more profitable crimes to pursue.


54 posted on 05/15/2020 6:18:32 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet
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To: simpson96
”When I left, the desk sergeant, who was of African-American descent, said, you better show up, because if you don’t we’re going to come to your house and arrest you.”

Why was it important for her to tell us this?

55 posted on 05/15/2020 6:20:22 PM PDT by HIDEK6 ( God bless Donald Trump.)
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To: wastedyears
Tyranny is a feel-good story?

Oh, bull crap! Tyranny? Give me a break. She defaced public property and got caught. Case closed.

56 posted on 05/15/2020 6:21:11 PM PDT by econjack
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To: econjack

I’m sure Jimmy Acosta has already started a gofundme page for this aging hippy.


57 posted on 05/15/2020 6:26:38 PM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: yarddog

Spankings by principals in schools were banned.


58 posted on 05/15/2020 6:57:53 PM PDT by GreyHoundSailor
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To: GnuThere
And who goes out anywhere in public w/o a picture ID?

I do. Because I am a free American.

59 posted on 05/15/2020 6:58:31 PM PDT by onona (I'm sure there's more)
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To: simpson96

No laws violated by cops. She doesn’t get rights read unless they question her.

5 hours in jail and a misdemeanor for property vandalism; hopefully a fine. Take it and be thankful.

If you mess with the cops you can do 5 hours or cooperate and get out in 1.


60 posted on 05/15/2020 7:02:53 PM PDT by stuckincali
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