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Virginia safety activist charged with vandalism after drawing crosswalk at intersection (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 month ago by daniel_callahan@jlai.lu to c/usa@midwest.social

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[–] LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 9 points 1 month ago

He reportedly sent an email that read " [...] It's chalk not paint"

A police report that Cox shared with the news station alleged that officers were unable to determine whether his improvised crosswalk had been created with permanent paint

That tracks

[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago

It was spray chalk and that stuff can look like paint but come on....You book a guy when it can just be washed away in a storm?