Obama Joker Poster Case

dickson · Aug 19, 2009

Felony Vandalism Charges Possible in Obama Joker Poster Case

19 Aug 2009

A Florida teenager could find himself in a sticky situation as a state attorney prepares to review possible felony vandalism charges in connection to the posters depicting President Obama as the Joker, KZ Entertainment has learned.

A Florida teenager could face felony vandalism charges for allegedly gluing posters depicting President Obama as the Joker onto public property.
Clermont, Fla., Police Capt. Eric Jensen said the state attorney will review evidence to determine whether to charge the unidentified teenager with gluing "dozens" of the posters last week to the city's light poles, public and private buildings, bridge overpasses, road signs and a mailbox.
Jensen said damage to city property exceeded $800, and it cost roughly $200 to remove the adhesive that was used to affix the poster to the mailbox.
"If he hadn't glued them, we wouldn't be having this discussion," Jensen tsaid. "[The adhesive] didn't come off the road signs."
If convicted of felony vandalism, the teenager could face a maximum of five years in jail. No arrests have been made yet in the case.
Bill Gladson, of Florida's Fifth Judicial Circuit, which oversees Lake County, confirmed that State Attorney Brad King will receive the case as early as Wednesday.
"We look at every case that gets dropped off," he said, declining further comment until the case file is received.
Gladson said he could not recall a recent case involving potential charges of felony vandalism in regard to posters, including those pertaining to political messages.
Jensen said witnesses initially told investigators that a "couple of kids" were responsible for gluing the posters. He saidthe teenage suspect admitted to affixing dozens of the "hundreds" of posters throughout Clermont, a suburb of Orlando.
Dozens of the posters first appeared earlier this month throughout Los Angeles. They portray Obama as Batman's nemesis from "The Dark Knight," with the word socialism printed above and below the president's face. Obama is portrayed wearing sloppy red lipstick, a white face and darkened eyes, the same make-up that the late actor Heath Ledger wore throughout the latest Batman movie.
U.S. Postal Inspector Ed Moffitt said Clermont Postmaster Willie Montgomery contacted his office to investigate the case following the discovery of the posters on Aug. 11. Defacing federal property, including a mailbox, is a violation of Title 18 of U.S. Code, Moffitt said, but federal authorities decided the case "does not meet their guidelines," since the damage did not exceed $1,000.
Moffitt said Montgomery scraped off the "very, very adhesive" substance used to hang the posters with a pen knife or putty knife, which removed the mailbox's blue paint. The mailbox then had to be primed and repainted, adding to labor costs, which totaled roughly $200.
"It wasn't like a Post-It note where you could easily pull it off," Moffitt said. "Nothing's free anymore."
But it could have been a lot closer to free. An employee at Home Depot suggested a $6 bottle of Goo Gone would have done the trick.
"It does take a little rubbing," the employee said.
No motive for the poster display has been determined, but Jensen noted that a contest posted on Infowars.com called on people to download a version of the poster to be hung in "public spaces" in their neighborhood.
"We're the only ones who have seemed to have gotten it, though," Jensen said last week. "It was a nationwide event from what I understand."
Maria Kayanan, associate legal director of Florida's American Civil Liberties Union chapter, said the case does not appear to be a First Amendment issue, citing the property damage.
"If it was just a poster that didn't cause any destruction, that'd be an entirely different thing,"
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wtf....5 years for that.......bl

Flames · Aug 19, 2009

Wow pwned, next time use sticky tape or stapler

master_g · Aug 19, 2009

they deserve what they get, use bluetack next time

Tofudge · Aug 19, 2009

It caused $800 in damage? How much damage could glue do? Just paint over it!

Akki · Aug 19, 2009

what punk did that shit and thought he could get away with it?

master_g · Aug 19, 2009

Tofudge said: ↑

It caused $800 in damage? How much damage could glue do? Just paint over it!
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tell me where you live, ill send buglar over to glue some crap on your walls, dont complain to the police though, just paint over it

mr_evolution · Aug 20, 2009

master_g said: ↑

they deserve what they get, use bluetack next time
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Yeah, I second that, staple and tape might also do damage lol

Espresso · Aug 20, 2009

obama is a joke...

Obama Joker Poster Case

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