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03-20-2019 10:50 AM |
#LoveTrump graffiti criminal arrested in New York on felony charges
Another day another Trump supporter in jail. When Will trump supporters learned they are not above the law?
"..officers put up the fake wall to catch the tagger spraying "#LoveTrump" in a subway station in the city's Brooklyn borough."
#LoveTrump graffiti criminal arrested in New York on felony charges
President Donald Trump has struggled to convince lawmakers the US needs a wall along its southern border. But in New York, police heeded his advice to catch a pro-Trump graffiti artist: yes, they built a wall.
Transit Chief Edward Delatorre told journalists Tuesday that officers put up the fake wall to catch the tagger spraying "#LoveTrump" in a subway station in the city's Brooklyn borough.
The recurring message emblazoned on beams in the mezzanine of the station had sparked a slew of complaints since January from both passengers and transportation employees at the station, Delatorre said.
Officers plotted with New York's transit authority to put up a plywood wall with a door, which officers hid in for a plainclothes operation starting on March 12.
Three days later, the vandal took the bait. Police identified him as Jamie Montemarano, 43
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