Path: ...!local-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:25:45 +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> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 11:23:23 -0700 Message-ID: Lines: 53 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-UrcWaUJ7iHH8P31Vr21xPGqvXQFWmffSWpWBNin6Jg0JDADHrk1O8i1WTZw1G97Ptxt/3zBK7ysPJ59!hqN4ptfbFhsJ3u99y2k+HjA3etxT/s8RcrC8KBQXs5PhzCU8ObvGQ24HXPX+2lbIp6cHCZkMNVon!TSc= 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: 3343 In article , 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-after- > 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. The area, according to the police statement, > was "clearly marked to keep traffic away as it was just re-painted to > repair previous damage." > > 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. Why do only pro-gay groups get city permits to paint the streets? How is it not a 1st Amendment violation for the government to allow public property to be used as billboards only for messages it agrees with?