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mowotlarx OP t1_j101iry wrote

Reply to comment by stork38 in New York City Councilman Erik Blottcher's office, home vandalized with hate speech by mowotlarx

The legal definition of vandalism includes defacing. It includes things that require cleaning as well as repair.

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stork38 t1_j107xin wrote

There is no such law on the New York books called vandalism. There is a law called criminal mischief though, and it requires actual damage. If you're going to lock whoever wrote this, you'll also have to lock up little kids who play hopscotch by your twisted logic.

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mowotlarx OP t1_j10b9q6 wrote

You think writing hate speech and slurs outside the home of a gay politician is the same as kids drawing a hop scotch game?

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stork38 t1_j10bvhy wrote

The message still doesn't make it vandalism. What don't you understand?

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mowotlarx OP t1_j10easi wrote

You're being dense.

If you refuse to acknowledge that things that can be washed away are considered vandalism, feel free to look up hate crime laws in this state.

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