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‘Best Xmas party of the year': #BlackLivesMatter Trashes Oakland

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‘Best Xmas party of the year': #BlackLivesMatter Trashes Oakland by Joel B. Pollak 26 Dec 2014 Demonstrators participating in a Christmas Day “Black Lives Matter” protest in Oakland against police smashed store windows, injured a journalist, and vandalized the city’s main Christmas tree in Jack London Square in the latest violence associated with the movement.

California Newspaper offices vandalized for using the term “illegals”

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Not exactly Je suis Charlie, but it’s also not entirely different from it either. The Santa Barbara News-Press found its offices vandalized yesterday morning, spray painted with slogans such as “THE BORDER IS ILLEGAL NOT THE PEOPLE WHO CROSS IT.” The attack has not changed the minds of the newspaper’s editors, who plan to keep using the term: A California newspaper will continue to use the term “illegals” to describe people who enter the U.S. without permission, despite an attack on its building by vandals believed to object to the term.The Santa Barbara News-Press’s front entrance was sprayed with...

Criminal act against property going viral

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It is a crime spree and viral internet sensation that started in Chicago last May and is spreading across the country like wildfire. […] It's called “Put ’Em In A Coffin,” and it was created by a rap musician named VonMar, who has posted dozens of videos of himself doing it. He's even been arrested for it. Just what is “Put ’Em In A Coffin”? James McHugh, 28, lives in the Fifth Ward, and he can tell you exactly what it is, because it happened to him this past weekend. “A group of young idiots, just out for laughs, to...

Teenage Girls Storm Into California Grocery and Start Wrecking Things (trunc)

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You can either get on the straight-and-narrow and clean up your act — or you can decide to take revenge on the store you robbed. Four teenage girls and one teenage boy took part in a rampage Wednesday through the Marysville, California, Save Mart, KTXL-TV reported.

Vandals deface shrine at Norman Catholic church

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Churchgoers were upset Sunday morning when they discovered a statue of the Virgin Mary vandalized with black spray paint.The defacement of the shrine at St. Thomas More University Parish and Student Center, 100 E Stinson, near the University of Oklahoma, likely happened overnight.Those in attendance were shocked by the vandalism and offended by a sign left on the statue, church officials said.“It was very disturbing to a lot of people and very deliberate,” said Lisa Schmidt, administrative assistant to the pastor.“As a parishioner and as a Catholic, I would invite them to learn more about why we revere the Mother...

Vandals destroy dam, release 49 million gallons of water into Bay

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Fremont (KRON) — Fremont police say vandals attacked an inflatable dam on Alameda Creek that resulted in the loss of nearly 50 million gallons of water. Police believe that those responsible entered a restricted area sometime on Thursday morning and intentionally damaged the dam. “The dam, which is instrumental to the Alameda County Water District’s water supply operations, suffered irreversible damage,” police said. According to police, more than 150 acre-feet of water – or 49 million gallons – washed past the destroyed dam and into the San Francisco Bay. With California enduring a crippling four-year drought and no signs of...

Abortion advocate arrested after throwing paint on pro-life signs

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A pro-choice man has been arrested after throwing paint on pro-life signs being held by members of Canada’s ‘Show the Truth’ pro-life organization. About 50 pro-lifers held signs containing the images of abortion victims in downtown Kingston earlier this week when they were met by pro-choice activists. A local media outlet reported what happened next: **VIDEOS AND PICTURES ON LINK****(WARNING SOME GRAPHIC) Confrontations began between the two groups and ended when a male demonstrator threw paint at members of the ‘Show the Truth’ group, vandalizing their signs. Shortly after the confrontation, demonstrators from both sides took to various street corners...

Vandals Target Church

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Vandals targeted a Roman Catholic church in Lynwood, painting demonic symbols on the doors, statues and signs. ...cut off the hands of a statue and apparently spray painted "666" on a church sign.

Christian Vandals Hit Detroit Catholic Parish

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LIVONIA, Mich. (ChurchMilitant.com) - Last Friday, St. Colette Parish in Livonia, Michigan was vandalized, and anti-Catholic messages were spraypainted on parish property. The evidence suggests protestant fundamentalists. The vandal(s) spray-painted a statue of the Blessed Virgin red and the message "Rome Will Fall" on church doors. ChurchMilitant.com spoke with St. Colette's pastor, Fr. Gary Michaelik. "The report came in at about 9 p.m. on Friday," said Fr. Michaelik. "I was walking by the statue around 4 p.m. and everything was fine then. So it must have happened sometime between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Friday." On the same evening,...

Easter week vandals deface Ashland (Kentucky) Jesus on the Cross

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The last thing you expect on Easter week is a church vandalism. But as 13 News discovered, defacing Jesus on the cross had some calling for jail, others for mercy. During Lenten season, Liz Trabandt was one of Ashland's Holy Family Church volunteers who washed the 666 and upside down cross spray painted on the parish garage. During Easter holy week, spray painted on the large crucifix that welcomes all to the catholic church, another 666 and upside down cross. Police said so far, their ongoing criminal investigation into the vandalism has no leads and no suspects. Right now the...

Hate Crimes Against Catholics Increasing Nationwide

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NORWOOD, Mass. (ChurchMilitant.com) - On Good Friday a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary at a Massachusetts parish was vandalized with spray paint — and now the Catholic Action League (CAL) is calling for a hate crime investigation. According to an email news release by the CAL, the statue of Mary, which stands just outside the parish school, was spray painted and marked with graffiti, and may be beyond repair. The CAL is calling on the Norwood Police to investigate the vandalism as a hate crime, calling the it "brazen and malicious." Saint Catherine pastor Fr. Stephen Donohoe asked parishioners...

Four Acts of Anti-Catholic Vandalism In Less Than A Week

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BILLERICA, Mass. (ChurchMilitant.com) - Anti-Catholic delinquents are continuing to profane statues across the country. Vandals cut off the the head and arms of yet another statue of the Virgin Mary — the third desecration in Massachusetts in less than a week. The crime took place Tuesday night at St. Mary's parish in Billerica, a small town north of Boston. The Massachusetts crimes began during the sacred Triduum after a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary at St. Catherine of Siena parish in Norwood was vandalized with spray paint on Good Friday. Two days later three statues were smashed at St....

Abortion Activists Vandalize Pro-Life Billboard With Cute Baby: “Take This Bull—- Down”

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Simply ignoring the pro-life message is not enough for some abortion activists. They feel they have to silence it, and some times they commit crimes to do so. This week, California Catholic Daily reported a life-affirming billboard of a smiling baby in San Francisco had been vandalized. ProLife Across America, which sponsored the billboard, said it is dedicated to promoting positive, pro-life messages on billboards across the country. Its San Francisco billboard did not appear controversial: It had a photo of a baby girl and the words “Born & Unborn, Cherish Life!”along with a pregnancy help hotline. According to the...

Anti-Trump protester charged with trashing CHP cruiser, urging others to vandalize

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The Orange County district attorney filed charges Monday against a 19-year-old man who was arrested during the demonstrations that turned violent following a Donald Trump rally in Costa Mesa. Luis Fernando Alarcon, a car detailer, was charged with one felony count of vandalism causing damage of $400 or more and one misdemeanor count of inciting a riot, according to a criminal complaint.

Murfreesboro church vandalized before alarm scares burglar away (Tennessee)

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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WKRN) – A small Murfreesboro church congregation found it cleaning up broken glass after vandals busted out a side window. The vandals struck just before daybreak Tuesday but were scared away by the alarm system at the church. Another nearby business has also been the target of vandals, and now police have placed extra patrol in the area. It was a restless night for Path of Life Ministries Pastor Billy Brooks. “[I was] sound asleep,” Brooks said from his home in Tullahoma. “I got a phone call around 3:30 this morning.”

Church vans vandalized in Jackson

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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) — A Jackson Church is working to bounce back after two of its vans were vandalized overnight. It happened here at Voice of Calvary Ministries in Jackson on Capitol Street. The church doesn’t know who did it, but we are told it’s going to cost hundreds of dollars to repair the vans. Their vans are used for several of their outreach ministries.When they got in Wednesday morning , they found several windows busted out. Someone even ruptured one of the gas tanks on one of those vans and took a battery. We talked to them today about...

St. Anne's Church Vandalized Overnight

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St. Anne's Catholic Church staff found disturbing signs of vandalism done to the statues outside of their building when they arrived to work this morning. The statues of St. Anne and St. Mary to the left of St. Anne church building and also an angel in front of the church were vandalized overnight. According to the Pastor of All Saints Perish, the statues were inappropriately painted red to symbolize blood, and one of the statues is also currently missing a hand. The staff quickly cleaned up the vandalism and by this afternoon, the paint was almost completely gone before many...

Little Rock Church Sign Vandalized (again)

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A central Arkansas church was targeted yet again by vandals. The vandalism took place at Christ Little Rock on South Hughes Street. The graffiti was spray painted on the church's electronic sign. This isn't the first time the church has been tagged. Pastor Dan Hauser says it happens every few months. In fact, it happened just last week, but he refuses to give up hope.

Foley Church Burglarized And Vandalized

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FOLEY, AL- Calvary Baptist Church on West Magnolia Avenue was hit by thieves last week. The burglars broke into the church office, damaged an A/C unit, stole $135 from the safe, took a laptop and destroyed a desktop computer. Pastor John Pratt documented the damage on his smart phone. Not only did the thieves steal from a house of worship, they also vandalized it. The crooks grabbed fire extinguishers off the walls and sprayed the chemicals all over the building, including inside the church nursery.

Albuquerque church damaged by vandals

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ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The pastor of a church in southeast Albuquerque says someone broke in, robbed and vandalized the building. It happened at the Sandia Church of the Nazarene near Central and Wyoming between Friday night and early Saturday morning. The church says the burglars broke doors and equipment, even making off with several laptops.
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