[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Sign thieves caught!

[Thomas Peter Nelshoppen]

We have a large wooden dove sign in our front yard that read in big letters "NO IRAQ WAR" (it reads "END IRAQ WAR now :-( ).  Perhaps you've seen it.  About 3 weeks ago around 10:30pm, we heard a couple loud noises.  It took us about 3 seconds to realize what it was.  By the time we got out the door, the vehicle was zooming off in a big hurry and our dove was laying on the ground with its tail broken.  
 
We put the dove back up and Joan took the broken part and wrote some relevant facts about the impending war on it and staked it up near where it should be.
 
Tom

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Ricky Baldwin [mailto:baldwinricky at yahoo.com] 
	Sent: Tue 3/25/2003 12:42 AM 
	To: Kranich, Kimberlie 
	Cc: peace discuss 
	Subject: [Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Sign thieves caught!
	
	

	Great story!
	
	Should we collect a few stories like this and call the
	News-Gazette? 
	
	Last Saturday when I went out to get in my car, I
	noticed my yard sign and my neighbor's had been
	stolen.  It was #3 for me - and earlier in the week I
	had found a discarded (presumably stolen) sign down my
	street.  But when I went to get in my car, I also
	found that someone had sprayed it witha  kind of
	insulating foam - under the hood and inside the door.
	It wasn't seriously damaging to the car, but it was
	upsetting to my family and neighbors because my car
	was pulled upinto my driveway as far as it would go, a
	good 20 yards from the street, between our houses and
	under a bright outside light.  I did file a police
	report, just so there's a record of it.
	
	Al Kagan's tires had also been slashed a few weeks
	ago, while his car sat in his driveway fullof anti-war
	signs.  Any others?
	
	Ricky
	
	--- "Kranich, Kimberlie" <Kranich at WILL.uiuc.edu>
	wrote:
	> On Friday, my neighbor saw a jeep wrangler pull up
	> next to her yard and pull
	> out her "No Iraq war" sign.  She ran out of her
	> house while the theives were
	> attempting to remove my sign.  They saw her, shouted
	> "Let's Go!" and took
	> off, but not before she got their license plate
	> number. 
	>
	> She called the police, an officer came over,  and
	> while she was giving the
	> officer the details, another officer called to say
	> they had caught the
	> culprits.  They asked her what she wanted to do.
	> She asked what her options
	> were. The most punitive response was a $150 fine.
	> The three culprits were
	> 17 year old males. My neighbor decided to make the
	> thieves return the signs.
	> They brought them back, escorted by the police, and
	> apologized saying it was
	> just a "joke."  My neighbor explained that it wasn't
	> a joke but was
	> stealing.  He further explained that we all support
	> our troops but disagree
	> with the reason they are in Iraq.   Two of the three
	> kids looked scared and
	> embarassed.
	>
	> One week ago the four NO Iraq War signs in my
	> neighborhood were all stolen.
	> We reported this to the police and my neighbor had
	> kept her drapes slightly
	> crackedsince so she could watch for any potential
	> thieves.  Her quick action
	> combined with the cooperation of the police caught
	> the thieves and got us
	> our signs back!
	>
	> Kimberlie
	>
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