Man charged with felony in Obama mural defacing

Houston Chronicle ^ | 2/23/13 | Carol Cristian

[OKRA2012]

A suspect has been charged in a recent defacing of a mural of President Barack Obama near a popular midtown restaurant.

[OKRA2012]

Voir Dire would be fun in this case.

[Larry Lucido]

Your link is defaced.

[freeangel]

Link that works? Thanks

[OKRA2012]

Whoops.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Man-charged-with-felony-in-Obama-mural-defacing-4301303.php

[Vaquero]

In other news. zer0 regime praises Taliban who destroyed giant Buddha statues.

[Minutemen]

The links to the story are not working, but I will inject my opinion:
That "man" was not defacing Zero's portrait but merely expressing his artistic freedom.

[Da Coyote]

He should spread s**t on it and call it art.

He could name it “Feces on Crap”.

[glennaro]

They’ll upgrade charge to include blasphemy.

[ilovesarah2012]

Whatever happened to the guy who defaced that Chick-Fil-A? Oh yeah, I remember. The charge was dropped.

[Cicero]

It’s not a mural, it’s a political ad that’s past its time. And I doubt whether it’s worth very much, since a bunch of volunteers helped to repaint it. Ergo, not a Picasso.

I seriously doubt whether this would be treated as a felony if this were an old campaign poster of George Bush.

[JoeProBono]

[Cicero]

It’s not a mural, it’s a political ad that’s past its time. And I doubt whether it’s worth very much, since a bunch of volunteers helped to repaint it. Ergo, not a Picasso.

I seriously doubt whether this would be treated as a felony if this were an old campaign poster of George Bush.

[C210N]

Why shouldn’t there be a felony charge here?

Saddam Hussein wouldn’t put up with it, Jung-un would do something, same with Ma0, Castro and Stalin. likewise, Same with Ø’.

[Minutemen]

"It was the second act of vandalism against the mural"...

"Vandalism against the mural"? I think not...LOL!

[Gay State Conservative]

If we were talking about a likeness of Mao Tse Tung having been added no criminal charges could have been lodged because Mao was obviously one of Osama Obama’s mentors...along with Saul Alinsky,Bill Ayers and “Reverend” Wright.The accuracy of Mao's image being added would have made the act one of free expression rather than “vandalism”.

[yoe]

Freedom of speech? Does America really need ‘larger than life’ portraits of presidents al la Cuba, Argentina, North Korea....all pre WWII fascists dictators.....NO WE DON’T.... No No No Obama....

[OKRA2012]

For the prosecution, the issue will simply be an issue of criminal mischief in the destruction of private property. No different than someone going to property that you own and committing vandalism.

[BCW]

"Davis has a permit to carry a gun and says that by carrying the gun, it sends a message that just because people disagree with each other, they don't' have to resort to acts that will do harm."

Doesn't the owner know that is an assault rifle he's carrying -- and the supreme one doesn't like that! Funny how this is okay because it goes with something the liberals support - but bad for the rest of us...

[basil]

Jeeze—has the US of A gone completely mad? When did we make “defacing” a campaign poster a crime—especially a felony?

Freedom of speech is, as I recall, the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution.

[ANGGAPO]

In accord with the Obama law, his head will be removed.