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- progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
A woman named Laura McCaskill used an Apple AirTag to track down her stolen Harris/Walz campaign sign, which led her to a home in Nixa, Missouri. When confronted, the young man’s mother admitted that the signs in the trunk of the car belonged to her son, who she described as “just an idiot.”
The incident involved the theft of around 60 signs from various homes in the neighborhood. McCaskill and other residents plan to file police reports, and McCaskill expressed concern about the entitlement and lack of accountability shown by the young man and his mother. The document also discusses the legal implications of stealing campaign signs, referencing Missouri Statute 115.637 which classifies such actions as a misdemeanor offense.
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I knew before I clicked this that it wouldn’t be stolen Trump signs.
I knew before I clicked thay whoever stole the signs is an idiot
That’s what op said.
Yeah, I just see paint thrown on them around me.
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I wonder if people know that every time someone has to buy another replacement sign, that’s a $20 donation to Harris’s campaign.
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I wonder if people know that every time someone has to buy another replacement sign, that’s a $20 donation to Harris’s campaign.
Stealing campaign signs seems like such a stupid thing to do. Yes, there is a cost to the campaign for each one, but the cost is low when they buy them in bulk. It’s not like stealing the signs changes who people intend to vote for, either.
But with how easy it is for homeowners to install surveillance things (these trackers as well as video), it’s only a matter of time before you get caught.
But I guess when MAGA sends their people, they’re not sending their best.
…they’re not sending their best.
No no. They are. This is their best.
These are just the pawns. Their best are the ones behind the curtain.
Years ago I knew a guy who was going around his very affluent community stealing Obama signs during his first run. He was a business owner, in his 50s, and fucking loaded. He was caught repeatedly and just kept paying the fines for it.
My guy, you’re in Texas. It wasn’t going to Obama. He just had unlimited money to pay the fines so he was showing how childish he was and how much he hated that others had a different opinion.
Do they have a best?
#BeBest
Let’s say every home had 3 signs.
That’s 20 victims.
Could he then get convicted of 20 counts of theft?
Short answer, yes. Slightly longer answer yes but there might be statutory limits on the cumulative fine as well as it depends what kind of a mood the prosecutor is in. Odds are he’d just receive a slap on the wrist, a nominal fine, and be told to stop being a dumbass.
If I was the judge, I would hit him with something a little more creative. Like making him voulenteer at a Harris/Walz campaign location for a day or something.
No because the cops are corrupt and won’t pursue charges against “one of the good ones.”
The only time I’ll be cheering for Apple. Good work detective. I guess they should have been glad they didn’t get shot.
THEY’RE STEALING THE DOGS! THEY’RE STEALING THE CATS! THEY’RE STEALING THE SIGNS IN SPRINGFIELD!
This is something my former step-brother would do back when he was in high school (he actually started a “young republicans” club at his high school, back when Obama was running the first time).
Someone was stealing signa on our street and I wondered if this would be viable. Neat!
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