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Carlisle police noticing uptick in political sign thefts
ABC27 ^ | Sep 18, 2020 | Hannah Brandt

Posted on 09/20/2020 12:11:10 AM PDT by nickcarraway

A local police department is seeing a trend of people stealing political yard signs. The Carlisle Police Department has heard from many people about campaign signs that have been vandalized or stolen.

Sgt. Dave Miller says it’s not just annoying — stealing personal property is a misdemeanor crime.

“There’s enough stress already on folks so we would encourage folks just to think about the idea that it’s ok to have differing views. We absolutely can not be trespassing on people’s property or damaging or taking property that belongs to them,” Miller said.

So far, Carlisle police say all the signs reported damaged or stolen support Republican candidates.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: carlislepa; crime; paping; pennsylvania; signs; signtheft; theft
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1 posted on 09/20/2020 12:11:10 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway; MinuteGal

Gee, only Pub signs disappear. Funny that ......


2 posted on 09/20/2020 12:40:42 AM PDT by flaglady47 (Donald Trump, President for Life (heh, heh))
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To: nickcarraway

Democrats can’t handle people thinking for themselves and coming to a different conclusion than what *they* deem correct!


3 posted on 09/20/2020 12:45:42 AM PDT by Spirit of Liberty (It's morning in America again!)
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To: Spirit of Liberty
They live among us.

People that do that have a serious mental problem and need to be medicated and perhaps institutionalized

4 posted on 09/20/2020 1:53:58 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true.... I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: Spirit of Liberty
Democrats:

Da party dats on yer side cuz dey sez so, get it?

5 posted on 09/20/2020 3:14:26 AM PDT by ClarityGuy
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To: nickcarraway

Hm?....Well, it can’t be Biden signs that are being stolen. There aren’t any!


6 posted on 09/20/2020 3:38:50 AM PDT by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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To: nickcarraway

Notice a lot of American flags going up. Think they’re actually a Trump sign alternative.

Trump signs out here only last a day or 2 here in the Peoples Republic of Maryland.


7 posted on 09/20/2020 3:41:03 AM PDT by lizma2
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To: nickcarraway

The thrill of stealing a political sign leads to peaceful protesting, 93% of the time...


8 posted on 09/20/2020 4:12:25 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

Pennsylvania Ping!

Please ping me with articles of interest.

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9 posted on 09/20/2020 4:31:27 AM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: nickcarraway

Carlisle is a battleground between liberal arts Dickinson College and the Army War College.


10 posted on 09/20/2020 4:32:34 AM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lizma2

Same here in NY. Although most of upstate is pro Trump, any place with a population over 5K is pro rat.

Sign smeared “liberally” with pepper/poison ivy gel?


11 posted on 09/20/2020 5:05:04 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: nickcarraway

How to make hot pepper spray repellent:

https://www.hunker.com/13405762/how-to-make-cayenne-pepper-spray-repellent

For your garden AND marxist sign stealers.


12 posted on 09/20/2020 5:09:55 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: lizma2

We had a young girl knock on the door a few days ago. I figured she was a liberal and was hoping we could answer politely but still let her know how we felt about the Biden/Harris ticket & Democrats in general. Color me surprised when she turned out to be a Republican and very well-informed and enthusiastic.

At the end of the survey, she asked if we wanted some yard signs, and I told her we were sort of afraid to put them up, but maybe we’d give it a go. She said that she had heard this same thing from other people.

I mentioned that we were flying our flag as an alternative, and we have seen many more going up in the past few days (including on telephone poles and corners).

I agree that this might very well be an alternative to placing an actual Trump sign and having it stolen and possibly risking damage to cars or property.


13 posted on 09/20/2020 5:10:11 AM PDT by twyn1
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To: nickcarraway

Mostly local/state signs out. What few National are TRUMP.

3X5 Flags spread out at Veterans donation center. We take ours up at sundown.

No Biden signs out.


14 posted on 09/20/2020 5:18:40 AM PDT by GailA (I'm a Trump Girl)
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To: nickcarraway

Darn White Supremacist stealing all three of the Biden signs?


15 posted on 09/20/2020 5:26:26 AM PDT by moovova
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To: nickcarraway

In my town, I saw a handful of damaged Biden signs. Probably a false flag


16 posted on 09/20/2020 5:27:33 AM PDT by cyclotic (The most dangerous people are the ones that feel the most helpless)
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To: lizma2

Don’t know where in Maryland you are. I stopped at the Republican HQ in Harford County yesterday to pick up a sign for my neighbor.

They said they were so busy they could hardly keep them in stock.


17 posted on 09/20/2020 5:29:02 AM PDT by cyclotic (The most dangerous people are the ones that feel the most helpless)
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To: nickcarraway

Strange, driving around the area I would think Harris-Biden signs were being stolen, not Republican signs, since there are no Harris-Biden signs.


18 posted on 09/20/2020 5:30:37 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." - George Orwell, 1984)
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To: twyn1

“We had a young girl knock on the door a few days ago.”

Had two of those young ladies show up at my house a couple weeks ago. I asked if they wanted me to vote for Joe Biden. Their eyes got as big as silver dollars. One was wearing a Trump t-shirt, so I knew where they probably stood. Their main purpose was to find out if I was voting by mail or in person. We had a good conversation.

Did my heart and soul good to talk to them.


19 posted on 09/20/2020 5:32:58 AM PDT by moovova
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To: flaglady47

There is a 3x5’ “Farmers for Trump” sign on the shoulder of a main road around here that has lasted for more than a week.


20 posted on 09/20/2020 5:34:31 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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