It's not his property, leave it alone. This isn't any different than someone damaging your car because they disagree with something being displayed on it, or lack there of.
You can't "both sides" and pretend to be neutral when your argument equates two incredibly different scenarios.
What gives you the right to touch their car?
Maybe some other statute comes into play, buy criminal mischief doesn't seem fitting unless he, say, snapped it off.
What right did he have to do that? Not his car or property, nor his job.
If I don't agree with the ruling of some judgement around banks, I don't go around breaking their windows and ATMs, right?
That's damage, regardless. If I go around and draw a very nice stick figure on a painting, versus throwing paint on it, are both not damaging?
Not his property, not his right.
And I never said otherwise. Which is why I opened my original post with a question about what actually happened.
Yes, both cases you mention are damaging something. A better example might be - is a person who draws on a sidewalk with sidewalk chalk damaging it?
If someone moves my trashcan on the street 2' to the right so they can park where it was, have they damaged it?
Can you cite any laws, legal analysis, or newspaper in any US jurisdiction that describes moving a trashcan a short distance as criminal mischief, or any other crime?
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Isn't it? That depends on whether, in that jurisdiction, the license plate is considered the vehicle registrant's property.
If that plate is the property of the state, and it is illegal for it to be covered by any sort of decal, then it's possible to regard the citizens as having the right to remove it.
If I see someone speeding, should I jump in the road and tell them to slow down? If I see someone parked illegally, should I slash their tires? It makes no sense.
No.
Can I go and randomly fix potholes on public roads? Also, no. For anything public you also require permissions.Two wrongs dont make a right. Please, inform your self before these comments. Thank you.
I've lived in Europe. People love to be up and all about it, thinking they have the authority to do anything they want. We're in a civilized society here where we let the proper authorities take care of issues.
Go to the authorities. Thats why they are there. If you dont like it, take it up with them.
What is socially acceptable is not what is morally right, or wrong. Hundreds of years ago we tried witches based on assumptions.
If there is a tree fallen on my property, are you going to come and remove it, or do you expect me to do it?