Princess Anne Police Sgt. Robert Smith, Official Protector of the GOP: Special Victims Unit.
How dare these two insult the economically anxious!?
Arson, maybe.
Disturbing the peace? Possibly.
Destruction of property? Sure.
Vandalism? I say yes.
But hate crime??? For burning a political sign???
Come on. That’s PC run amok and some snowflake needs to get a fucking grip.
Hope that nonsense is thrown out. Seems ridiculous to me.
A Trump sign is for Believers !
2000: The racial makeup of the town was 34.59% White, 62.86% African American, 0.56% Native American, 0.78% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.48% from other races, and 0.69% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.69% of the population.
2010: The racial makeup of the town was 57.1% White, 38.4% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.4% Asian, 0.6% from other races, and 2.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.9% of the population.
You do the math. Angry white cop is angry “they” aren’t being run out of town fast enough.
WE aRe aLL trumP!
There are instances of people ripping down or destroying the oppositions posters everywhere, in every town and city. This is nonsense.
maybe they could charge the store owners with having an attractive nuisance because people keep wanting to tear it down… sorta like if someone drowns in your pool because you left the gate open…
Since the sign was not a political statement, burning it was a performance art, consistent with the owner’s intent of attracting attention.
The defendants should be given payment for professional services.
It’s a sign of the times: “conservative”-inspired government action that is simultaneously oppressive, racist, disturbing, and completely ridiculous.
Princess Anne County. Surprise, surprise.
Is there a crowdfundraising site to help pay their legal bills?
Oh goodie.
Let’s go back and retroactively charge Joe Wilson, Mitch McConnell, and even Donald Trump for hate crimes against PBO.
By this standard, birtherism was nothing but one big hate crime.
Conservatives are such delicate little snowflakes.Two young black women scare the crap out of them. That’s why this “brave” police Sgt had to charge them with a hate crime.
Yep. That about explains it.
So, does the Trump supporter who put razor blades on his sign get a citation for assault with a deadly weapon
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/03/someone-in-texas-lined-a-trump-sign-with-razor-blades-then-left-it-at-a-polling-place/?utm_term=.eb378ad04ca3
Look arson should be take seriously but 33 years for burning some political signs is ridiculous. Even a year for that would be ridiculous. Community service should be appropriate and maybe a probation period, anything more would be just doing this us citizen a disservice, economically speaking.
Jamie Wink, the store owner’s son, told the Baltimore Sun that other visitors stop to pose for selfies with the sign and that it has helped drive business to the store, which sells firearms and hunting supplies.
“It’s been a pretty good attention-getter,” he said.
A Hanging Tree would be a pretty good attention-getter for these customers.
Pro tip: Next time, burn the whole store…
Huh. If we’re going to go down this road, maybe they can argue the Trump sign is hate speech.