Posted on 03/14/2019 11:01:22 AM PDT by Red Badger
Police in Arizona said an 18-year-old woman admitted to slashing the tire of a random SUV because she saw one of President Trump’s “Make America Great Again” hats inside, The Arizona Republic reported Wednesday.
Phoenix Police Department spokesman Sgt. Vincent Lewis said the woman admitted to slashing the tire “because she saw a hat with a political message inside the vehicle which she disagreed with.”
The car belonged to Nick Dugas, a retail security manager, who noticed something didn’t seem right after leaving the parking lot of Paradise Vally Mall.
He discovered a slash in his tire and turned back to find the security footage of the parking lot.
Dugas told the newspaper that footage showed a car pull up next to his. Four women got out and two peered into his truck, where they reportedly spotted one of Trump’s signature red campaign hats resting on the console.
Approximately seven minutes later, the women returned and got back into their car before the driver and front passenger got out again, according to the newspaper.
The front passenger could be seen scanning the parking lot as the driver squatted next to Dugas’s truck.
Footage reportedly showed his SUV suddenly dropping on the left side before the women got back in their car and left.
It cost Dugas $300 to replace the tire and he missed his mother’s birthday dinner because of the delay, he said.
“No one has a right to destroy property because they don’t agree with someone else,” Dugas told the newspaper. “Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine being the victim of pure hate because of my belief.”
Dugas recounted how he started “picking the pieces apart” of the footage in an attempt to find the culprit.
He noticed that the driver was holding a distinctive red beverage from Dutch Bros. Coffee so the security manager walked across the street and asked the manager.
The woman came into the coffee shop often so Dugas checked the business’s Instagram feed and found the women among its followers. He turned over their names to the Phoenix police.
The driver who slashed the tire was cited for criminal damage, a Class 2 misdemeanor which is punishable by up to four months in jail and a $750 fine.
Lewis told the newspaper that police did not release her name because she was not booked.
Dugas wrote in a court statement that he wanted to forgive the woman rather than “spill hatred onto you like you did to me.
“Rather than wish upon you the same fear you wished upon me that day. But I really hope that you are listening. Just because I have a different yet equally as important view as you do, it doesn’t EVER give you the right to spew hate, cause fear, and interrupt someone else’s life."
The “MAGA” hat, a symbol of Trump’s 2016 campaign and reelection bid, has sparked controversy and confrontation since before his election.
Police in Martin County, Fla., are investigating after a school bus aide allegedly grabbed a Trump hat off the head of a student.
A bar in New York City disciplined an employee who refused to serve a customer donning the cap.
Well, tolerance is their name. LOL! If the opposite were true, I’d be in jail. Some twit passed my the other day with an 8x8 inch “Fxxx TRUMP AND Fxxx TRUMP SUPPORTERS” sticker on the back of her aging subaru. I was momentarily tempted but Mrs rktman, a voice of reason, got me right. ;-)
Wow, i see reports like this everyday. How do these people boast about it? The true side of the left, totally radical. I’ve never seen a right winger destroy any of the protest signs against trump nor anything that goes against him. Yet I’ve seen plenty of videos of mad liberals destroying pro-trump and pro-right in general merchandise.
Good for Mrs. Rktman!!
You don’t need that grief!
Says the psycho with an insane temper :)
But as I’ve gotten older, I drive AWAY from potential trouble.
That person got theirs already. They are so full of hate that their lives must be miserable.
Nothing less than 5 years in prison and a $10k fine is acceptable in this case.
A lawsuit which should get the person who’s tire was slashed should bet $100k from this ugly tire slasher. Probably never see a dime but that person won’t ever qualify for a loan again.
“The “MAGA” hat, a symbol of Trump’s 2016 campaign and reelection bid, has sparked controversy and confrontation since before his election.”
NOPE.
Big Media declared it so in its war against America and all for which we stand.
Ah yes, liberals with their peace and love never fail to inspire.
PV is a pretty conservative part of Phoenix.
This is not going to go well for Little Miss Attitude.
I guess the 18 year old tire-slashing menace doesn’t have a name ?
Police did not book her................
“I’ve never seen a right winger destroy any of the protest signs against trump nor anything that goes against him. Yet I’ve seen plenty of videos of mad liberals destroying pro-trump and pro-right in general merchandise.”
If so-called liberals were sensible people they would not be so-called liberals. We have come to the point where only the willfully ignorant and hate filled are willing to identify with the left, with a VERY few exceptions of course. I know that there are some bad apples on the right wing too but they are the minority, not the overwhelming majority as on the left.
Diversity, obviously not our strength with this one!!
He went to all that trouble to identify her and, then, wants to forgive her? Doesn’t sound right. Did he get a call along the lines of “we know where your kids go to school,” I wonder.
Can’t you just feel the tolerance!!
I would make her donate $2000 to the Trump campaign, and/or wear a MAGA hat everywhere until election day.
But the pink pussy hat was cheered as a symbol of unity.
-PJ
Ah, feel the love /s
Seriously, I got a Trump t-shirt for my birthday one year and I am literally afraid to wear it in public. Canadians, especially Quebecers, hate the president.
That means they hate half of the voting public. Nice payback for all the US does for Canada.
The Bible says to forgive your enemies...............
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