▲ 193 ▼ Virginia safety activist charged with vandalism after drawing crosswalk at dangerous intersection (www.theguardian.com) submitted 1 year ago* by daniel_callahan@jlai.lu to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 7 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 33 points 1 year ago* (1 child) was booked with intentional destruction of property But it was just chalk? Authorities responded by covering Cox’s handiwork with black paint That's plain spite. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 year ago (2 children) Kind of sounds like they are just out to get him because he keeps protesting the lack of crosswalks He also reportedly wrote an email to Charlottesville’s city manager which read: “There is a marked crosswalk now [at the intersection in question] in spite of you … It’s chalk[,] not paint[.] Please replace it with a real one.” A police report that Cox shared with the news station alleged that officers were unable to determine whether his improvised crosswalk had been created with permanent paint. Like he explicitly told them it was chalk and also you can just look at it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago The squeaky wheel gets the cuffs in the US now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rossi199@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Wet your finger and dispel all doubt. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 year ago (2 children) Kind of sounds like they are just out to get him because he keeps protesting the lack of crosswalks He also reportedly wrote an email to Charlottesville’s city manager which read: “There is a marked crosswalk now [at the intersection in question] in spite of you … It’s chalk[,] not paint[.] Please replace it with a real one.” A police report that Cox shared with the news station alleged that officers were unable to determine whether his improvised crosswalk had been created with permanent paint. Like he explicitly told them it was chalk and also you can just look at it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago The squeaky wheel gets the cuffs in the US now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rossi199@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Wet your finger and dispel all doubt. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago The squeaky wheel gets the cuffs in the US now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rossi199@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Wet your finger and dispel all doubt. permalink fedilink source parent