Since when is it OK to deface public property?

[speed dawg]

http://news.yahoo.com/hundreds-mourn-tasered-miami-graffiti-artist-000901117.html

How can anyone defend this, and say it was senseless? Sure, it's a tragedy that the guy died, but what other option was there? Let him get away? Graffiti-ing public property is a crime, period.

 

[LiveFreeX]

The teen's father, Israel Hernandez-Bandera has called his son's death "an act of barbarism" and an "assassination of a young artist and photographer."

Jason W. Kreiss, an attorney representing the family, said Hernandez-Llach would likely not have been prosecuted over the spray-painting and would have probably faced a punishment of community service.

At the Saturday rally, the wall where Hernandez-Llach spray-painted was covered with his nickname and messages.

"The only thing I want everyone to remember is his goal was to have his art around the world," said Vivian Azalia, 18, told the crowd while fighting back tears. "I know he'd be happy with the support that's come from around the world and from the graffiti community."

Since we glorify criminals and crime and there aren't harsher restrictions and penalties to keep our young people in check.

If he wanted his art around the world he could've posted it on the internet, joined the peace corps, a million other ways. Instead young 'reefa' was out destroying someone else's property, I'm guessing they were illegals (POOR). Kids need to be at home under mountains of homework or at the very least in front of a canvas. Someone has to repaint the wall at a cost of several hundred dollars, someone had to buy that property but I guarantee the 'gimme-dat' crowd of perpetual welfare recipients don't teach their children this.

In Colombia he would've been shot dead by police and no one would've said sh1t or rallied against them. People aren't scared of the police anymore, they think they can do whatever they want to whomever they like. If he wanted to paint on a wall so badly, his mother should have told him to get a good job as a graphic designer, buy a large house and paint his graffiti on the side of the wall. Why are the parents not held partially accountable for his actions. I chalk most of this up to bad parenting probably from a single mother. Where is the boy's father??? Why didn't this young man have a part time job working in McDonalds???

"He was a genius," said Lucy Rynka, 18, who graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School with Hernandez-Llach last spring. "He showed me how powerful art can be, how you can use color and design to relay a powerful message."

No he was an idiot raised by idiot parents.

 

[taiyuu_otoko]

http://news.yahoo.com/hundreds-mourn-tasered-miami-graffiti-artist-000901117.html
Graffiti-ing public property is a crime, period.

Actually, he was graffitiing private property, as he had done before. He was painting the doors of a McDonalds.

In my mind, that makes it worse.

There would certainly be less graffiti if cops had orders and capabilities to shoot lawbreakers on site.

But seeing how they overstep their bounds now, imagine what they'd do if they felt they could shoot people they "thought" were breaking laws?

 

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But seeing how they overstep their bounds now, imagine what they'd do if they felt they could shoot people they "thought" were breaking laws?

I disagree that cops routinely overstep their bounds. I'm sure some do, but it's a low percentage, probably about the same percentage of people that commit crimes on average.

By and large, the police are pretty damn trustworthy.

 

[MaddXMan]

I think the police are always right. They are never to be questioned. I blindly worship authority figures because I have a follower mentality.