Passenger Trains > NY Subway "artists"" busted!

Employees dropped a dime on ' 'em

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-graffiti-artists-arrested-bronx-train-yard-20200517-c3inllq4mbdl7d5x5mzidulav4-story.html

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Hopefully these "artists" are sent to Riker's Island with plenty of time to paint each cell.........

dtoeppen Wrote:
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> Wow, what a painful website. I got molested by a
> crapload of ads coming at me from all directions
> and had to bail for fear of having seizures.

Yeah, that Daily News site is a disaster. I gave up after reading three paragraphs.

MEKoch Wrote:
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> Hopefully these "artists" are sent to Riker's
> Island with plenty of time to paint each
> cell.........

Only charged with misdemeanors. Probably back out on the street before the cops had their paperwork done.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/18/20 07:09 by PHall.

MEKoch Wrote:
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> Hopefully these "artists" are sent to Riker's
> Island with plenty of time to paint each
> cell...

I say make them clean it all up - using Q-Tips!

Ray

Beltran, who sources say was arrested with paint on his hands and clothes, was featured in a 1996 New York Times article where he vowed to paint legally and talked about the hardships of going legit.

So he makes more money tagging rail cars for free???

A lot of those guys are actually pretty good artists but for whatever reason "normal" art doesn't work for them.

They're a menace. We had endless issues with them in Victoria,BC until we caught 4 of them red handed one night and locked them up in the tool room for 36 hours. After that no more problems.

   Ross Rowland 

Did you pass them food and water for their detention ?

When I was in Victoria, BC in 2006, they had quite a vagrancy and drug problem. I did not expect that. Just walk a block from the pretty harbor, and there they were, all along Main Street. Hotel staffs were continually throwing them out of the lobbies and bathrooms. They were lying all over the tracks at the VIA station. 

dtoeppen Wrote:
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> Wow, what a painful website. I got molested by a
> crapload of ads coming at me from all directions
> and had to bail for fear of having seizures.

I can't even view the NY Times paper - if I were a
student, I'd could get my propaganda for free.  I
wonder - did the NY Times article glorify the work
of these vandals?

It all looks like "art" until it's on your business or
your car.  Glad to hear they got caught - don't need
to return to the years when graffiti was everywhere.

/Mitch

Mgoldman Wrote:
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> dtoeppen Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Wow, what a painful website. I got molested by
> a
> > crapload of ads coming at me from all
> directions
> > and had to bail for fear of having seizures.
>
> I can't even view the NY Times paper - if I were
> a
> student, I'd could get my propaganda for free. 
> I
> wonder - did the NY Times article glorify the
> work
> of these vandals?
>
> It all looks like "art" until it's on your
> business or
> your car.  Glad to hear they got caught - don't
> need
> to return to the years when graffiti was
> everywhere.
>
> /Mitch

Knowing the NYT, they'll find a way to "both sides" it like they do everything else. . .

portlander Wrote:
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> Mgoldman Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > dtoeppen Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Wow, what a painful website. I got molested
> by
> > a
> > > crapload of ads coming at me from all
> > directions
> > > and had to bail for fear of having seizures.
> >
> > I can't even view the NY Times paper - if I
> were
> > a
> > student, I'd could get my propaganda for
> free. 
> > I
> > wonder - did the NY Times article glorify the
> > work
> > of these vandals?
> >
> > It all looks like "art" until it's on your
> > business or
> > your car.  Glad to hear they got caught -
> don't
> > need
> > to return to the years when graffiti was
> > everywhere.
> >
> > /Mitch
>
> Knowing the NYT, they'll find a way to "both
> sides" it like they do everything else. . .

...however, the cited story is in the Daily News.

TAW

TAW Wrote:
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> ...however, the cited story is in the Daily News.
>
> TAW

We were referring to the 1996 NY Times article noted by FloridaTrainGuy.

/Mitch

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Mgoldman Wrote:
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> TAW Wrote:
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> > ...however, the cited story is in the Daily
> News.
> >
> > TAW
>
> We were referring to the 1996 NY Times article
> noted by FloridaTrainGuy.
>

Easy to not know that because of the way responses queue up on Trainorders.... I got to your response before I got to FloridaTrainGuy's, too, even though his was posted before yours.

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