these people are idiots. and that doesn't really look like a sidewalk, looks like part of the federal building, and i have to imagine defacing a federal building isn't allowed.

@EmptyFriend. Arguably the second guy WAS on the sidewalk. That aside, how is chalk "defacing a federal building"? And it's called "sidewalk chalk" for a reason.

Even beyond all of that, why do you think they let the child draw on the sidewalk and not arrest her?

just because the chalk isn't permanent, that doesn't mean it isn't defacement. it should just be okay for people to draw whatever they want on buildings as long as they use chalk?

who brought their daughter to this?
i'm guessing she was encouraged to draw by the parents, hoping to draw a response. very irresponsible.

and i'm sure you don't actually wonder why they wouldn't arrest her. it's up to the officers to decide what they consider defacement. if i choose to, i can allow someone to graffiti my house.

@EmptyFriend, but you own and pay for your own house. These are public walkways. And no one was chalking the buildings themselves.

It's sidewalk chalk on a sidewalk. And, yes, why is it okay for the little girl and not the adults?

i'm not sure how the @ thing works, can I say @blankfist ?

public spaces still have rules, and breaking those rules can lead to arrests. here in san diego it is illegal to drink or smoke in all public parks and beaches, and you can be arrested for it (though you'd most likely only be ticketed).

why is it okay for the little girl to draw? like i said, they don't consider what she's drawing defacement. it certainly doesn't help that none of these adults stop when the officers tell them to.

>> ^EmptyFriend:

i'm not sure how the @ thing works, can I say @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://blankfist.videosift.com" title="member since July 4th, 2007" class="profilelink"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">blankfist ?
public spaces still have rules, and breaking those rules can lead to arrests. here in san diego it is illegal to drink or smoke in all public parks and beaches, and you can be arrested for it (though you'd most likely only be ticketed).
why is it okay for the little girl to draw? like i said, they don't consider what she's drawing defacement. it certainly doesn't help that none of these adults stop when the officers tell them to.


Here's a pro tip. If they are idiots, then they let them make asses of themselves. Don't add to it by becoming the thing which they are protesting.

For fucks sake. Arresting people over side walk chalk? Fucking absurd.

The right action here is for the police to do this

let them chalk side walk however warn them if they don't remove the chalk before they leave or before the end of the day they will be arrested for defacing public property.

if they are going to arest them on the spot it should be a case of arresting them for 2 or so hours then letting them go without charge , the piont of this would be to stop them from messing up the side walk but not waisting time effort or cusing a larger issue.

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