Vandalism

Picasso Vandal Pleads Guilty

AP | JUAN A. LOZANO | Posted 05.21.2013 | Arts

HOUSTON — A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in a Houston museum – an act that was caught on cellphone video &ndas...

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Oberlin College Responds

Lauren Jacobs | Posted 05.05.2013 | College

Read More: Student Activism, Hate Speech, Activism, Oberlin College, Liberalism, Vandalism, Political Activism, College News

While the upset and distress over the month's unfortunate acts of hate speech and vandalism have obviously been immense, it is paramount to note the speed, organization, clarity of intention and inclusivity with which the Oberlin administration and student population have responded.

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After Wedding Venue Rejection, Couple Are Victimized In Alleged Anti-Gay Hate Crime

The Huffington Post | Glennisha Morgan | Posted 03.05.2013 | Gay Voices

On the heels of being rejected by a wedding reception venue because of their sexuality, a Texas-based gay couple had their property vandalized in what...

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Oberlin Cancels Classes After Month Of Hate Vandalism

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.05.2013 | College

Oberlin College canceled classes Monday to hold a "Day of Solidarity" following a month of hateful vandalism and the latest report of a person spotted...

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Judge Orders 12-Year-Old To Get A Job

Katherine Bindley | Posted 02.01.2013 | Business

A Massachusetts appeals court judge has upheld the decision to dole out an unusual punishment to a 12-year-old: He ordered the boy to get a job, the B...

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Amherst College Will Not Put Up With Offensive Vandalism

Posted 12.13.2012 | College

Someone nearly vandalized a menorah and a sign attached to it on display on the Amherst College campus in Massachusetts last week, and school Presiden...

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Letter to Europe: Concering Toleration

Paul Schwennesen | Posted 01.16.2013 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Europe, Justice, Toleration, Vandalism, Property, Politics News

Citizens of a liberal state should expect (no, demand) the right to believe, say, and do what they wish, according to the dictates of their conscience. But that right ends, forcefully if necessary, when property is trespassed.

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Anniversary Of Occupy Oakland Raid, Protesters Return To Plaza

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 12.25.2012 | San Francisco

Read More: Violence, Scott Olson, Oakland, Anarchist, Occupy Wall Street, Oakland Police, Opd, Vandalism, Bay Area, Occupy Oakland, California, San Francisco News

Photo Credit: JENNY BOLARIO/Youth Radio Protesters gather in Frank Ogawa Plaza in downtown Oakland, Calif. in preparation of a a rally and march. B...

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Vandals Cause $100,000 Damage To Historic NYC Cemetery

AP | Posted 10.23.2012 | New York

Read More: Green-Wood Cemetery, Crime, Richard Moylan, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Vandalism, Actress Laura Keene, Green-Wood Cemetery Vandalized, Leonard Bernstein, Ap, Cemetery Vandalism, Boss Tweed, New York News

NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of tombstones and memorials have been vandalized at a historic New York City cemetery where celebrities are buried, causing $...

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Dispute With School Principal Allegedly Leads To Georgia Teacher's SUV Being Vandalized

Posted 07.26.2012 | Home

Read More: Elizabeth Nilsen, Blindness, Vandalism, Principals, Cobb County School District, Discrimination, Cobb County, Teachers, Hayes Elementary School, Georgia Schools, Teressa Watson, Home News

Elizabeth Nilson, a Georgia elementary school teacher, is standing in front of her vandalized SUV. And she believes that the incident has something to...

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Broker Arrested For... Smashing Windows With A Slingshot?

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 07.19.2012 | Business

Read More: Kweku Adoboli, Ubs, Encino, Ubs Financial Servies, Breaking Windows, Vandalism, Slingshot, Beverly Hills, Financial Brokers, Michael Steven Poret, Video, Business News

Usually when financial brokers get arrested, it's for something like embezzling millions of dollars or misleading clients about bad investments. It's ...

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Should Street Art Be Framed For Its Own Protection?

Posted 07.06.2012 | Arts

Read More: Reddit, Video, Street Art Protection, Graffiti Vandalism, Banksy Plexiglass, Street Art, Vandalism, Graffiti, The Spirit of Street Art, Reddit Dialogue, Banksy, Arts News

On Reddit today, user Malicious78 posted a pretty ridiculous looking photo of a Banksy stencil that had recently been covered with plexiglass. The cap...

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'Billy The Kid' Tombstone Repaired, But Vandals Still On The Loose

AP | Posted 07.06.2012 | Crime

Read More: Fort Sumner, Don Sweet, Video, New Mexico, Crime, Vandalism, Old Fort Sumner Cemetery, William H. Bonney, Billy the Kid, William Henry McCarty, New Mexico Crime, Crime News

FORT SUMNER, N.M. -- The tombstone of Billy the Kid has been repaired. Officials at the old Fort Sumner Museum say the famous outlaw's 2000-pound tom...

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WANTED: Outlaws Who Vandalized Billy The Kid's Tomb

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 06.30.2012 | Crime

Read More: Fort Sumner, Don Sweet, Video, New Mexico, Crime, Vandalism, Old Fort Sumner Cemetery, William H. Bonney, Billy the Kid, William Henry McCarty, New Mexico Crime, Crime News

Infamous outlaw Billy the Kid has been dead for nearly 131 years, but someone apparently still holds a grudge against the buck-toothed gunslinger. ...

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What's the Motivation Behind Recent Art Crimes?

MutualArt | Posted 08.28.2012 | Arts

Read More: Mona Lisa, Art Crime, The Scream, Salvador Dali, Vandalism, Art Theft, Graffiti, Anti-Zionism, Art-Vandalism, Edvard Munch, Picasso, Yad Vashem, Arts News

Three different incidents this month alone show us, however, that crime in museums is very easy to achieve. Elementary yet different in execution, these recent events allow us to ascertain what motivates people to commit art crimes.

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Fast Action May Help Save Picasso Painting

AP | By JUAN A. LOZANO | Posted 06.20.2012 | Arts

Read More: Artist Tags Picasso, Woman in a Red Armchair Damaged, Video, Spray Paint, Vandalism, Damaged Picasso, Pablo Picasso, Woman in a Red Armchair, Picasso Defaced, Picasso Painting, Arts News

HOUSTON -- Within minutes of a vandal spray painting a Pablo Picasso painting, Houston museum officials had rushed the valuable artwork into their ons...

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Singaporean Street Artist Arrested for Vandalism

Kirsten Han | Posted 08.06.2012 | Arts

Read More: Art, Singapore, Police, Vandalism, Culture, Street Art, Arts News

A Singaporean street artist has been identified by authorities as a vandal and arrested. If convicted, she could receive up to three years' imprisonment or a S$2000 fine.

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16-Year-Old Boy Arrested, Dubbed Rochester's "One-Man Crime Wave"

Rochester Patch | Posted 06.04.2012 | Detroit

Read More: Detroit Crime, Metro Detroit, Break-Ins, Crime, Rochester, Larceny, Car Theft, Vandalism, Detroit News

Police in Rochester Hills say they took into custody over the weekend the person responsible for breaking into more than 60 cars in the Rochester area...

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TORTILLA BANDIT: Man Vandalizes Cars, But Steals Nothing And Leaves Tortillas

AP | Posted 05.17.2012 | Weird News

SEATTLE -- Seattle police are scratching their heads about this one. A car prowler shattered a window of a parked Jeep, stole nothing and left behind...

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Foreclosure Vandals Threaten Prospective Homeowners: 'Only Going To Get Worse'

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.02.2012 | Business

Read More: Drug Use, Video, Minnesota, Vandalism, Foreclosure Vandalism, Huntington Beach, Squatting, Foreclosure, ABC News, Abandoned Homes, Blights, Slidepollajax, Las Vegas, Business News

The painful process of foreclosure sometimes carries over to the next prospective buyers. In Anoka, Minnesota, twenty-somethings Nate Kruckeberg a...

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Student Pees On MacBooks, Costs School $36,000

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.01.2012 | Home

Read More: School Technology, School Vandalism, Student Crime, Macbook, Apple, School Crime, Vandalism, Student Arrested, Technology in Schools, Apple News, School Laptops, School Computers, Apple Products, Home News

An 11-year-old male student at Upper Allen Elementary School in Mechanicsburg, Pa., is facing serious consequences after he urinated on the school's M...

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Why Did This Man Graffiti An Angry Message His Own House?

Posted 03.28.2012 | Weird News

Read More: Texas, Video, Man Graffitis Own Home, Texas Crime, Vandalism, Graffiti, Stolen Truck Graffiti, Daryl McClain, Weird Texas, Weird News News

"To the mother fu----- that stole my truck. URA Dead MAN." That's Daryl McClain's message -- spray-painted in bold black letters on his garage door...

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One American Mosque: Two Crazy Acts

Dr. Faheem Younus | Posted 04.16.2012 | Religion

Read More: Virginia, Chantilly, Islam, Synagogue, Church, Zujaja Tauqeer, Ahmadiyya, America, Dr. Abdus Salam, Vandalism, Yusuf Lateef, Temple, Mosque, Religion News

There is a bright line distinction, though, between both crazy acts: one is driven by knowledge and love, while the other by ignorance at best, and hatred at worse.

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Maldives Museum Reopens After Vandalism

AP | By KRISHAN FRANCIS | Posted 04.15.2012 | Arts

Read More: Political Unrest, Politics, Islam, Muslim Extremists, Pre Islamic Artifacts, Ali Waheed, Sri Lanka, Vandalism, Maldives, Maldives Politics, Muslim Extremism, Arts News

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- The Maldives' national museum reopened Tuesday without some of its most valuable exhibits a week after a mob of suspected religi...

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Leesburg's Crucified Skeleton Santa Is Now Decapitated

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.13.2011 | DC

Read More: Virginia, Holidays, Video, First Amendment, Santa, Crime, Vandalism, Christmas, Atheists, Loudoun County Courthouse, DC News

WASHINGTON -- The Loudoun County Courthouse's inflammatory Santa Claus, a Christmas display of a skeleton St. Nick hanging on a cross that was torn do...

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