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Child’s chalk doodle draws graffiti citation — Brooklynian

Child’s chalk doodle draws graffiti citation

whyfi
whyfi
edited November -1 in Park Slope
Wow. Maybe it was a drawing of a boy's hat...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21282568/from/ET/

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  • shishkab
    shishkab
    good grief! how ridiculous -- stupid freakin' neighbor. listen, i don't have any children of my own and sometimes kids' art leaves something to be desired in the aesthetics department. but it's CHALK and it's TEMPORARY and they are CHILDREN, for god's sake. personally, i always get a kick out of kids drawing on the sidewalk -- they always seem happy to have a creative outlet like that. who the hell ARE these people?!?!
  • veets
    veets
    How ridiculous!! When I grew up in Brooklyn Chalk was issued to every child so they could make Hop Scotch Boards on the sidewalk and start their lives as artists.
  • king without a crown
    king without a crown
    I've never heard of any letter, nor a fine that could be imposed for chalk on the sidewalk. The NYPD does not issue summonses for Graffiti/chalk flowers.
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    kid should of been caned and tasered!! first its chalk around her stoop and side walk. next thing you know, she'll spray paint other buildings with her tag.

    soon after that she'll be dealing around the corner and playing dice!

    :twisted:
  • the yarn monkey
    the yarn monkey
    I saw this on the news the other day. Park Slope over-entitlement might have reached its zenith. Now here's a question: Does the moron who called in for vadalism get a ticket for wasting everyone's time, energy and oxygen? This is more akin to making a false report, isn't it.

    A while back a friend of mine, a long-time/old-school sloper, got a warning from the police that was called on him for firing up the summer Hibachi on his stoop. He's done this for years.

    This is the same block where I saw a some angry lawyer-ish idiot screaming at a livery driver at the top of his lungs. "F--- you, we are not that kind of nieghborhood! Honk your f----' horn somewhere else, you mother f-----! " repeatly, then something about comprosising his family's quality of life and then telling the driver going back to where he came from (Queens?)

    Note: The driver honked once. I have my suspicions as to who made the Hibachi call.
  • shishkab
    shishkab
    i agree with you, KWoC, but in this case it was the Sanitation Dept, not NYPD. apparently it has to do with the City Counsel's local law 111. Brooklyn Paper has more details than the msnbc article:

    http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/40/30_40graffitigirl.html
  • hamilton
    hamilton
    King without a crown wrote: I've never heard of any letter, nor a fine that could be imposed for chalk on the sidewalk. The NYPD does not issue summonses for Graffiti/chalk flowers.

    ******************************************************** ***I guess she can chalk it up as a bad experience
    ********************************************************
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    Hamilton wrote:


    ******************************************************** ***I guess she can chalk it up as a bad experience
    ********************************************************

    lol sooooooooooooo bad my head hurts :p.
  • hamilton
    hamilton
    armchair_warrior wrote: [quote=Hamilton]


    ******************************************************** ***I guess she can chalk it up as a bad experience
    ********************************************************

    lol sooooooooooooo bad my head hurts :p.
    ****************************
    I just had to purge myself, sorry about the headache. take two asprins and call me in the morning
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Is that Sputnik she drew?

    image

    Maybe she got the citation from Homeland Security.
  • restless native
    restless native
    The Yarn Monkey wrote: Park Slope over-entitlement might have reached its zenith.
    Don't be so quick. I have been saying the same thing to myself for the past 10yrs. :wink:
  • hamilton
    hamilton

    Subject: cranky neighbor

    It's a good think the so called neighbor who called the Sanitation Dept doesn't live in Crown Heights, where body outlines in chalk are common
  • bklyngirl718
    bklyngirl718
    shishkab wrote: good grief! how ridiculous -- stupid freakin' neighbor. listen, i don't have any children of my own and sometimes kids' art leaves something to be desired in the aesthetics department. but it's CHALK and it's TEMPORARY and they are CHILDREN, for god's sake. personally, i always get a kick out of kids drawing on the sidewalk -- they always seem happy to have a creative outlet like that. who the hell ARE these people?!?!
    I so agree with you - BUT - there have been people on THIS board complaining about having to walk around children drawing on the sidewalk.
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    the chalk outlines are more common in east ny or brownsville than crown heights.
  • hamilton
    hamilton
    armchair_warrior wrote: the chalk outlines are more common in east ny or brownsville than crown heights.
    ***************Thx, i better adv. the malcontent to bypass those areas.
  • king without a crown
    king without a crown
    Complaints of Graffiti are dispatched to NYPD, not Sanitation. Presently there are no laws on the books that prevent people from drawing on their own property. However the sidewalks are City owned, therefore silly laws could be enforced for such offenses. Graffiti is a Crime and the offender would be subject to an arrest, a 6 year old is not even eligable for a Juvenile Report. The story is defenitely missing a few chapters.
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    i hope someone throws the books at the person who complain about the kid.
  • hamilton
    hamilton
    [quote="armchair_warrior"]i hope someone throws the books at the person who complain about the kid.[/quote
    ****************************
    [would you recommend Ann Coulters new book]
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    sure if her book comes with lock like in a chastity belt. that could hurt alot more.
  • hamilton
    hamilton
    armchair_warrior wrote: sure if her book comes with lock like in a chastity belt. that could hurt alot more.

    [Sounds like you've been there before]
  • brooklynpotter
    brooklynpotter
    King without a crown wrote: Complaints of Graffiti are dispatched to NYPD, not Sanitation. Presently there are no laws on the books that prevent people from drawing on their own property. However the sidewalks are City owned, therefore silly laws could be enforced for such offenses. Graffiti is a Crime and the offender would be subject to an arrest, a 6 year old is not even eligable for a Juvenile Report. The story is defenitely missing a few chapters.
    sorry, kwac:

    http://gowanuslounge.blogspot.com/2007/10/six-year-oid-park-slope-graffiti-artist.html
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    This was on The Colbert Report tonight. Hopefully, Comedy Central will post the video clip tomorrow so I can link it here.
  • caseopele
    caseopele
    CaSO4 addict!
  • raw
    raw
    The Yarn Monkey wrote: I saw this on the news the other day. Park Slope over-entitlement might have reached its zenith. Now here's a question: Does the moron who called in for vadalism get a ticket for wasting everyone's time, energy and oxygen? This is more akin to making a false report, isn't it.
    Is this a joke? Was I reading the Onion? What's going on?

    Yes, if it is true, it kills me that cops are wasting their time with such stoop-related stoopidness when people are getting mugged and raped. I hope not one penny of my taxes goes to erase chalk on someone's stoop.

    Chalk! It was only chalk? No permanent ink was involved? And a moron called the cops?

    I hope real spray paint tags stain the complainer's entire home. Then the complainer will have a good reason to cry.

    Then again, maybe the neighbors just hate each others' guts and this is just part of a war that's been escalating. However, if the complainer was more upset about a noise level or something else the kid might have done (i.e. kid was shouting nonstop between hours of 6AM and 8AM, preventing the neighbors from sleeping) than the neighbor should complain about that to the kids' parents and give them a chance to correct the kid's behavior.
  • pitu
    pitu
    Carnivore wrote: This was on The Colbert Report tonight. Hopefully, Comedy Central will post the video clip tomorrow so I can link it here.
    was it a repeat? this happened in october . . .
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    For some reason the embed code isn't working, but here's the link to the video:

    http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/index.jhtml

    The story is called "Nailed 'Em: Graffiti Punk" from the Tuesday 3/4/08 episode.

    EDIT: Got the embed code.

  • carnivore
    carnivore
    pitu wrote: [quote=Carnivore]This was on The Colbert Report tonight. Hopefully, Comedy Central will post the video clip tomorrow so I can link it here.
    was it a repeat? this happened in october . . .
    Not a repeat. Writer's strike?
  • seussan
    seussan
    Wasn't a re-run. They mentioned that it happened in the fall last year.
    Here is the link
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