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proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts)
Thu May 31, 2012, 11:49 AM May 2012

We're On the Overpass Engaging Peaceful Protest While Cowards Break Our Car Windows.



We were packing up after another Overpass Light Brigade bridge party, and were standing around chatting in the chilly evening air. Some folks had already left the West Allis neighborhood where we park to be near a favorite overpass on I-894. I was putting the LED signs into the back of the Subaru, making sure that everything was tucked away for the ride home to Wauwatosa. Joe and I had been discussing where to meet next, since we plan to go out every night until the recall election, now only five days away. One of our overpass friends came over with an odd look on her face. I could tell that something was wrong. Somebody broke the window out of one of our cars.

I walked across the little park to Richard's car. A lot of OLB holders were gathered, checking it out. He was parked on the very end, furthest away and in the darkest area. Someone had indeed busted out the whole driver's side window. There was nothing stolen, no apparent burglary, just a big broken window with green crumbs of shatterglass all over the seat.

We called the cops, of course. They had visited us earlier, as they always do, though this time were cool about our presence. After asking about our numbers (36 people) and when we expected to leave (9:30) they left the bridge where they watched from their squads for the remaining half hour. Sad to think that while both of them watched us on one side of the bridge, we were getting vandalized on the other side.

The cops in this location have been less than amiable at times but when they finally arrived they were very nice. They even helped Richard clean up the glass from his car. A crime is a crime, and it happened on their watch and they responded with professional concern. They suggested we let them know when we are coming out to the overpass, though it seems to me they pretty instantly know when we arrive, and I don't want to ask permission to exercise our fundamental constitutional rights. We will, however, assign someone to guard the autos from here on out.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/31/1096165/-We-re-On-the-Overpass-Engaging-Peaceful-Protest-While-Cowards-Break-Our-Car-Windows-
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We're On the Overpass Engaging Peaceful Protest While Cowards Break Our Car Windows. (Original Post) proud2BlibKansan May 2012 OP
The whole article is very interesting. Great signage. grantcart May 2012 #1
More likely than not probably some bored drunk teens.. snooper2 May 2012 #2
Bummer Meiko May 2012 #3
Typical ReThuggery behavior. The intimidation of Recall Walker volunteers was relentless... Scuba Jun 2012 #4
"We can't prove that this vandalism was politically motivated." pintobean Jun 2012 #5
 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
2. More likely than not probably some bored drunk teens..
Thu May 31, 2012, 11:54 AM
May 2012

Don't leave your car on the side of the road in Dallas or some ass will bust out one or more windows during the night...

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
4. Typical ReThuggery behavior. The intimidation of Recall Walker volunteers was relentless...
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 05:49 AM
Jun 2012

... and this is just one more effort to silence us.

 

pintobean

(18,101 posts)
5. "We can't prove that this vandalism was politically motivated."
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 06:31 AM
Jun 2012

It can't even be proven that it was vandalism. For all we know, a car ran over a rock and shot it into the window. I would think that if it was politically motivated vandalism, there would have been more than one window broken.
Obviously, it could have been some rw asshole, but I wouldn't jump to that conclusion. I've had several windows broken. Each time, it was punks looking for anything of value.

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