Posted on 02/27/2023 12:40:36 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Vandals doused the statue of Christopher Columbus in Central Park with red paint and scrawled “Murderer” across its stone pedestal, police said Monday.
Detectives have a video of two people — possibly a man and a woman — defacing the statue at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday with spray paint, an NYPD spokesperson said
The pair wrote “land back” on three sides of the bronze-and-granite statue and “Murderer” on another, police said.
There’ve been no arrests, but the NYPD is investigating the incident. If caught, the spray-paint artists will likely be charged with vandalism and making graffiti, the spokesperson said.
Metal barricades surrounded the 131-year-old statute Monday morning, Fox News said.
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The hatred for this country by those who benefit from it is hard to fathom.
That's a statue of Josephus Columbus, the civil rights leader who was shot and seriously injured while giving a speech at that very location in 1971.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus_Columbus
/smirk
Wow. How original.
For an alternate account of how Chris gets the blame:
https://tubitv.com/movies/700091/courage-and-conviction-the-true-story-of-christopher-columbus
They were probably wearing Che Guevara hoodies.
Dynamic heroic Marxist leader on a worker’s shirt...
“They say you’re as young as you feel. My shirt is a real chickbait sensation with them senior hippie gals from the rest home.”
and the DA will fail to bring any charges or prosecute the case.
REALLY HARD to have ANY RESPECT for these people.
Since the costly vandalism was labeled “street art” and “street tagging” by pseudo-intellectuals in the early 1970s this trash has been tolerated and praised.
Is graffiti illegal in the US?
Graffiti is a form of vandalism, which can be prosecuted as a criminal act. Even though graffiti only causes property damage, it may be charged as a misdemeanor or felony depending upon the amount of damage caused to the property.
—Los Angeles Vandalism Defense Lawyers website.
Not to mention that all the while, these artists could face felony charges for their work.....No matter where you go, there are eyes on the street. And even if you can bank on passerby not to tell, any one of 38,000 cops can pull up on you while painting. (Ben Vasser, Michigan Daily,September 13, 2020.
When someone decides it’s not illegal vandalism, the “artists” get paid big:
I am beyond shocked at this stuff:
Do street artists get paid?
While ZipRecruiter is seeing annual salaries as high as $87,500 and as low as $16,000, the majority of Street Artist salaries currently range between $27,000 to $46,000 with top earners making $67,000 annually across the United States.
Wanna stop this crap? Shoot ‘em.
should be caught and spray painted from head to toe and given to their parents to monitor, If they fail they all go to jail
There was a day and time when this kind of behavior would get you a visit from Pauli and Rocco.
Give it time. Pauly and his buds will take care of business after some time has passed.
Wanna stop this crap? Shoot ‘em.
So true.
What connection does Columbus have to the United States?
This is why places like NYC can’t have nice things.
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