Posted on 08/14/2009 6:23:13 AM PDT by NMEwithin
CLERMONT - Clermont police have interviewed one suspect who is admitting to putting up the dozens of posters pasted around the city depicting President Obama as the Joker character from the Batman film The Dark Knight, city officials confirmed.
Assistant City Manager Darren Gray said city officials have an individual "admitting to putting up 500" of the posters.
Clermont Police Capt. Eric Jensen said the male individual has admitted to putting up some signs, but investigators suspect others were involved and their investigation is continuing.
"We have talked to an individual," Jensen said. "He only admitted to some of it...We're still tracking down leads and talking to folks. We have not arrested anybody."
At this point officials are not sure how much damage was caused by the signs or the dollar amount associated with the clean-up.
Dozens of the posters were pasted around the city earlier this week. A pair of the posters were pasted to a Clermont Post Office collection box. They prompted the postmaster to contact the Postal Inspector's office, which is looking at potential federal crimes for defacing federal property.
City officials, meanwhile, are trying to determine what local crimes might be associated with the posting of the images on public and private properties. They've also been busy ripping down the sticky signs because they're a violation of city ordinance regarding illegal signs.
Jensen said he doesn't have a good count on the number of posters put up because, he said, "People are going out and tearing them down."
In a press release put out late today, Jensen said the suspect "also asked if he could video tape the encounter with the officers." Clermont Police declined that request....
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Yeh, just what about the Bush slandering? It is suddenly illegal to hate the president? Suddenly dissent is NOT the sincerest form of patriotism? I thot it WAS, just a few years ago...
Down at our mailbox's one of those "offensive" posters just so happen to show up among the fifty other yard sale and car sales posters. The mail hag took only the joker poster down.LOL!
Excuse me What crime did he Commit?
Duly noted. Love it!
Nicely said!!
The posters that were glued to the mail drop boxes were a crime of vandalism, so that is valid. The other posters that were on power poles are no more a crime than the typical signs for yard sales or lost dogs.
“We have not arrested anybody.”.....
And why in hell should they???
if they have to pay a fine there should be a fund raiser for them.
On a lesser note, there were 15 robberies, 10 murders, 25 cars stolen and 10 rapes committed while the police were busy
interviewing one suspect who is admitting to putting up the dozens of posters pasted around the city depicting President Obama as the Joker character from the Batman film The Dark Knight, city officials confirmed.
I guess they have to put the more important crimes first.
I wonder where I can get some of these printed.
The term means "Uncle Gunnysack" and is the "bogeyman" in Haitian creole mythology.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
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Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
If the signs are on private property without the owner’s permission, there are victims.
Do they work this hard to bust the local graffiti “artists”?
"Ton Ton Ecoute!" LOL!! That's the most original past of the day! I love it.
For those of you young'uns, "Ton Ton Ecoute" is a play on words from "Ton Ton Macoute,"
From wiki, mostly:
The name Tonton Macoute (literally translates as "Uncle Gunnysack") originated from Haitian Creole mythology. It was the name of a bogeyman who walked the streets after dark, kidnapping children who stayed out too late and stowing them away in his gunnysack, never to be seen again. Those who spoke out against Haitian President Francois Duvalier ("PapaDoc") Duvalier would disappear in the night, and would never be seen again. Anyone who challenged the President's goons risked their own abduction, and so they were referred to as the "Tonton Macoutes."
And, for those of you French-challengered, “Ecoute” means “listen” or “listening”.
Your Uncle is listening (with the help of miss Linda Douglas on the the Domestic Spy unit at the White House).
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