Clermont police have interviewed one suspect who is admitting to putting up the dozens of posters pasted around the city depicting President Obama as the Joker character from the Batman film The Dark Knight, city officials confirmed.He/she/it has a right to free speech, so why bother trying to chase him/her/it down?
Assistant City Manager Darren Gray said city officials have an individual "admitting to putting up 500" of the posters.
Busy boy/girl/thingy...
Clermont Police Capt. Eric Jensen said the male individual has admitted to putting up some signs, but investigators suspect others were involved and their investigation is continuing. "We have talked to an individual," Jensen said. "He only admitted to some of it...We're still tracking down leads and talking to folks. We have not arrested anybody."
Protected speech, Bubbie...
At this point officials are not sure how much damage was caused by the signs or the dollar amount associated with the clean-up.
Ohoh. Damage, is it? You can post anything you want as long as you don't do any damage. At all. No matter how minuscule.
Dozens of the posters were pasted around the city earlier this week. A pair of the posters were pasted to a Clermont Post Office collection box.
I see. That'd make it a federal crime, probably good for twenty in solitary...
They prompted the postmaster to contact the Postal Inspector's office, which is looking at potential federal crimes for defacing federal property.
Prob'ly carries the death penalty...
City officials, meanwhile, are trying to determine what local crimes might be associated with the posting of the images on public and private properties.
"Jones! There's gotta be a crime in there someplace! Find out what it was!"
They've also been busy ripping down the sticky signs because they're a violation of city ordinance regarding illegal signs.
"You in a heap o' trouble, boy/girl/thingy!"
Jensen said he doesn't have a good count on the number of posters put up because, he said, "People are going out and tearing them down."
"Them's the public-spirited citizens doin' that!"
In a press release put out late today, Jensen said the suspect "also asked if he could video tape the encounter with the officers." Clermont Police declined that request.
"Awwww, c'mon! Lemme put you on YouTube!"
Ladies and gentlemen, this is what clueless looks like.
"Currently we are still conducting interviews of victims, witnesses, and other suspects who were placing the Obama Joker Poster throughout our city," Jensen said in the statement. "We believe that the postings are the result of multiple suspects. We are hopeful that we can develop enough information to present charges of vandalism to the State Attorney's Office for review."
"Yeah. We got nuttin' against the speech, natcherly. That'd be un-Constitutional. We're gonna toss them fellers in the slammer fer unauthorized use of glue."
He did not have a specific reason why the individual who admitted to putting up the posters spent so much time sticking them to surfaces around the city, but Jensen suspects it may have something to do with a contest linked to the image of the President in white face and smeared lipstick, like the Joker.
Or maybe they're political opponents of B.O. & Joe, Inc.
| Or working to smear said opponents, like the lovely people carrying the be-Hitlerized Obama posters at several town meetings. Some of those far lefties can be what they think is deviously clever, not realizing how useful the internet is in the right hands. |