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In article <ldr49iF7jqlU1@mid.individual.net>,
 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-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?