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Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

It’s property damage that was done specifically to avoid hurting people. By that interpretation, Banksy could also be classified as a terrorist.

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Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Man that’s some wild mental gymnastics.

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- Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Is it though?
  
  ZACHARY, La. (BRPROUD) – The Zachary Police Department says they arrested a former student after Zachary High School was tagged with graffiti.
  
  Police say that Shyron White was arrested at his home in Livingston Parish for drawing a triangle with a symbol in it on the exterior doors. Graffiti was found in several locations around the building, and police were alerted on Tuesday.
  
  “It’s always important to not damage someone else’s property. It costs money and time to, you know, to actually fix,” Zachary Police Department Chief Daryl Lawrence said. “And then you’ll have people like us out looking for you.”
  
  Lawrence said an incident like this is not common for the Zachary community. White is booked in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, charged with terrorism, criminal damage to property, aggravated assault and criminal trespassing.
  
  This is the Orwellian shit you’re advocating when you start classifying vandalism as terrorism.
  
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  - Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Yes, it is. I don’t know what “a triangle with a symbol in it” is but if it’s associated with an ideology then that fits the definition, yes. Judges and juries are allowed to exercise discretion, and I hope that they do. That has no bearing on whether it is or is not terrorism.
    
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