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In article <20240623140719.00003e72@example.com>,
 Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 23 Jun 2024 13:28:17 -0400
> Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
> > Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> > > Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> 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....