Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:50:20 +0000 From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: [OT] Teens face 10 years in prison for riding over pride flag on bicycles References: <20240623122747.000055ed@example.com> <20240623140719.00003e72@example.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 11:47:58 -0700 Message-ID: Lines: 82 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-yZFwrkjvYcVIh5gAi+eSZnSl5gwqPuA4jeklyGOj4buWpdAcPq4Ka1k8RlDaukuA2dblpw36vfRd8c8!ri1PKA4XJCQFA7r6jy2Lo5AgB+mVhTNOYmTMC2b3qfYMQ0zm/hJNto/sJxfxIHStY7EG5AwP+1g0!JIg= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 4878 In article <20240623140719.00003e72@example.com>, Rhino wrote: > On Sun, 23 Jun 2024 13:28:17 -0400 > Robin Miller wrote: > > > Adam H. Kerman wrote: > > > Rhino wrote: > > > > > >> Leo Kearse, the presenter of this video, is correct: the rules of > > >> the Alphabet Mafia have taken on the feel of blasphemy laws in the > > >> Muslim countries. This is particularly evident in the horrendous > > >> overcharging of three Spokane teens for riding over a local pride > > >> flag on bicycles: > > > > > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtS-c4nPJtQ [`12 minutes] > > > > > > Overcharging? It wasn't even a crime to ride their bicyles in the > > > first place! > > > > > > I love how the video clip of the interview of the lesbian witness > > > shows an automobile driving over the very same painted pavement as > > > we see over her right shoulder. I didn't see the felony arrest. > > > > > > It appears that what we have here is a case of bullying children > > > because that's what we can get away with. > > > > > > > > > Every day this NG is filled with examples of why it's become such a > > cesspool. > > > > Here is a news story and the police statement: > > > > https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/teens-arrested-after-scooters-leave-marks- > > on-pride-crosswalk/ar-BB1nSroe > > > > https://my.spokanecity.org/police/news/2024/06/06/multiple-arrests-make-afte > > r-downtown-pride-mural-is-vandalized/ > > > > This happened on June 5, 18 days ago, but is now being widely shared > > on right-wing media. These kids were repeatedly riding over an area > > described as a "street mural" in order to deface it. The area had > > recently been repainted after someone else had intentionally damaged > > it using a flammable liquid. > > This was clearly indicated in the video I cited with a brief clip of > the fire. However, I am aware of no connection between the teenagers on > the bicycle and the miscreant who previously burned the mural/flag. > Did they catch the guy who started the fire? What was he charged with? > > > The area, according to the police > > statement, was "clearly marked to keep traffic away as it was just > > re-painted to repair previous damage." > > > In my experience, the paints used for painting line markings dry > extremely quickly. They are not normally blocked off to traffic at all > and you can drive over them as soon as the painter has left the scene. > Of course, THIS paint job seems to have been done by local "activists" > so who knows whether they used the normal quick-drying paint used by > professional road painters. > > > These kids should have been arrested if they were intentionally > > damaging anything painted on the street as a street mural. And if it > > had been a US flag I doubt anyone would be complaining. > > > True enough: patriotism is decidely uncool now in a time where the > activists would have us believe that America - and Israel - are by far > the most evil countries in the world. Isn't it weird that you can deduce with about a 90% certainty which way people will vote based on the presence of an American flag flying on their home? > > > While the kids were charged with 1st Degree Malicious Mischief, a > > class B felony for which the maximum sentence is 10 years, of course > > they would not receive anything like that even if they are convicted. > > They would probably be put on probation. > > > Unless of course a virtue-signalling prosecutor with eyes on a higher > office decided to "send a message" (make an example of) those who > challenged the sanctity of Pride symbols....