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Man charged with felony in Obama mural defacing
Houston Chronicle ^ | 2/23/13 | Carol Cristian

Posted on 02/23/2013 9:21:46 AM PST by OKRA2012

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To: yoe

Should have blown the wall down instead, then they would have something to scream about. The “dictator’s” picture doesn’t belong aanywhere in this country.


21 posted on 02/23/2013 9:40:22 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: OKRA2012

The wall was already defaced he was just trying to fix it with the wrong tools!


22 posted on 02/23/2013 9:40:43 AM PST by Conserev1 ("Still Clinging to my Bible and my Weapon")
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To: OKRA2012
Surveillance video

Big Bro is watching. Sounds like a setup. And to charge a felony when it can easily be fixed with a can of spray paint? mugglefuggle

23 posted on 02/23/2013 9:41:36 AM PST by bigheadfred
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To: BCW

The problem is that Obama does not set gun laws in Texas and the property owner under the castle doctrine could legally shoot to kill a person who is in the process of vandalism.


24 posted on 02/23/2013 9:42:37 AM PST by OKRA2012
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To: OKRA2012

25 posted on 02/23/2013 9:43:15 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: OKRA2012

A similar incident.

26 posted on 02/23/2013 9:43:46 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: OKRA2012

The sheep will not stand for their god being profained. And texas has the death penalty.


27 posted on 02/23/2013 9:43:50 AM PST by sport
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To: basil

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

Do the local gang bangers in your neighborhood have the First Amendment right to enter your property and splash paint on your home?


28 posted on 02/23/2013 9:45:37 AM PST by OKRA2012
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To: OKRA2012

1. It wasn’t his property so no matter what you feel about the subject, it was vandalism.

2. Charged with a felony; are you kidding? Vandalism is a misdemeanor and possibly could result in a civil suit as well but not felony.

3. Where else have we seen ‘dear leader’ murals everywhere? Hmmmm...


29 posted on 02/23/2013 9:45:56 AM PST by mnehring
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To: OKRA2012
i'm confused.

that's a campaign advertisement complete with date.

how is that a mural or artwork? are all campaign images now protected artwork?

30 posted on 02/23/2013 9:47:47 AM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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31 posted on 02/23/2013 9:48:10 AM PST by Charles Henrickson (Approaching my fifty-tenth birthday, on March 7.)
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To: basil
Freedom of speech is, as I recall, the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution.

So is the concept of private property. A right is something that can't infringe upon the rights of others. Just as you have no right to go into someone's home and tear up a book claiming free speech, free speech doesn't give him the right to damage someone else's private property.

We may not like the poster he damaged, we don't have the right to damage another person's property.

32 posted on 02/23/2013 9:48:47 AM PST by mnehring
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To: Da Coyote

“He could name it “Feces on Crap”.”

Or $hit Squared!


33 posted on 02/23/2013 9:49:11 AM PST by vette6387
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To: Da Coyote

“He could name it “Feces on Crap”.”

Or $hit Squared!


34 posted on 02/23/2013 9:49:23 AM PST by vette6387
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To: basil

That was Zero’s poster, now the American flag, that is fair game.


35 posted on 02/23/2013 9:49:35 AM PST by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: basil

How does removing or covering up unattractive pictures become “defacing”?

Time to take down the campaign posters anyway. Or is the Current Regime going to maintain an “eternal campaign”?

The paint splash was a vast improvement.


36 posted on 02/23/2013 9:51:20 AM PST by alloysteel (What is all too obvious, is not obvious to all. Until it is too late to reverse course.)
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To: OKRA2012

Fool!

Should have painted a graffiti portrait of George Washington right next to it.


37 posted on 02/23/2013 9:55:06 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (*Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alteration: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: sten

“how is that a mural or artwork? are all campaign images now protected artwork?”

It is private property and we do no have the right to go splash paint on property that we do not own.

Again, Voir dire will be interesting and key to the trial.

And if the prosecution has a video of the accused vandalizing the private property, there is little or no chance that the accused will be found not guilty.

Good chance he will be counting the days with chalk on a prison cell wall.


38 posted on 02/23/2013 9:55:46 AM PST by OKRA2012
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To: bigheadfred

Big Bro would be the government watching.

In this case it was the property owner monitoring the actions that took place on his property.

In Texas, the accused in damn lucky he did not get shot.


39 posted on 02/23/2013 9:59:26 AM PST by OKRA2012
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To: OKRA2012
It is private property and we do no have the right to go splash paint on property that we do not own.

does the owner have a permit for the sign?

if not, the owner should be fined and the sign taken down

40 posted on 02/23/2013 9:59:53 AM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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