Seems harsh, it’s not like he painted dicks on them. They’re unique and pretty fun looking.
It’s weird how Banksy gets praised for graffiti and this guys getting arrested for making them more fun.
My local post boxes all have seasonal knitted hats. It’s Easter so there’s lots of knitted rabbits and Easter eggs on them atm.
Can’t imagine they’ll arrest the little old ladies trying to make the area a bit more fun.
The only punishment he might deserve is painting them all red again. Not jail time.
Aye but if Bansky did it, everyone would be falling over themselves to praise him. I bet the guy arrested is just a regular oik whereas Banksy isn’t.
What a pointless waste of police time, can’t investigate burglaries but they can do this.
Crime must be low in Dartford if this is anything to go by. Easy target.
Hope when they find out who bankside is they arrest him for multiple accounts of vandalism.
Not as bad as them stupid knitted things they keep putting on ones round ours
If you got your house burgled they wouldn’t even bother turning up
I can see why they don’t want postboxes painted, it’ll likely confuse people on whether they are usable. But a word in his ear would be better than an arrest.
Stop making excuses for him. You can’t just go around painting other people’s property and get away with it. The postbox is an iconic British design and doesn’t need messing with.
I did some googling. What he did is illegal.
– (1)A person shall not without due authority affix or attempt to affix any placard, advertisement, notice, list, document, board or thing in or on, or paint or tar, any post office, post office letter box, telegraph post or other property belonging to or used by or on behalf of the Postmaster-General, and shall not in any way disfigure any such office, box, post or property.
It’s basically classed as tampering. He might have thought he was brightening them up or something but they’re designed in their specific way for a reason. To be easily identifiable for those wishing to post letters etc.
And to those saying Banksy would have gotten away with it, doubt it.
Meanwhile police do absolutely fuck all to catch burglars, car and bike thieves, shoplifters, gangs, serious assults etc even when there’s blatant CCTV evidence in a lot of cases – A crime reference number job.
The police and the CPS would rather go for a low level graffiti artist and have him in the system as it’s an easier conviction so less resources used, and therefore easier revenue for them to make off of the offenders.
He’ll probably get a suspended prison sentence and/or community service for this. Wouldn’t even rule out him going inside for a short time as the case seems to have aggrevating factors and it’s become publicised so there’s more incentive for them to prove a point, and make an example. But then again, the latter costs the system money for him to be in an over crowded prison for a few months.
Just amazes me where the police and CPS’ priorities lie. This kind of low level crime and an increased amount of road traffic police stings mainly on speed (which I get in some places) to be on the increase compared to past years to “Make the roads safer” yet the roads conditions aren’t safe due to potholes, poor lane/ road markings, poorly marked signs, poorly maintained verges beside the roads, badly thought out, under-invested infrastructure.
Justice system is questionable in this country imo (England)
Technically what he did was illegal under section 61(1), Post Office Act 1953.
>A person shall not without due authority affix or attempt to affix any placard, advertisement, notice, list, document, board or thing in or on, or paint or tar, any post office, post office letter box, telegraph post or other property belonging to or used by or on behalf of the Postmaster-General, and shall not in any way disfigure any such office, box, post or property.
What’s interesting is people here are commenting saying what a waste of police time and resources this is, but if nothing was done people would say the police do absolutely nothing and still be miserable.
There’s simply no pleasing people.
Banksy also only really focuses on private property where the owner(s) probably don’t care. The Post Office etc would though. It’s business vs. private individuals. The PO was probably notified by staff who are obliged to let corporate know or they were notified by members of the community. Hardly a surprise, is it?
Downvote all you like, just shows the hypocrisy behind anti-police sentiment, and how people pick and choose how laws are applied.
They’re absolutely shit, everyone stop sticking up for the dude. He has no right to be painting eggs for Easter, never mind the post boxes
If I’m not mistaken, the golden post box (6th image) is from the Olympics, not at all related to this arrested man.
For those saying ‘if this was Banksy…’ need to understand that, in order for a crime to be investigated by the police, there needs to be a victim who reports it as such.
For the events where Banksy has committed his ‘works of art’ on what is a person’s property, has only positively gained from what is technically a criminal offence.
For example, when Banksy visited Port Talbot and ‘graffitied’ on person’s garage wall, not only did the owner not contact the police about criminal damage, but instead contacted the police about concerns of PRESERVING the artwork from other people trying to deface it.
The owner ended up privately selling the physical garage wall containing the artwork for what is estimated to be in the millions.
So, ask yourself this: if Banksy’s artwork happens to end up spray painted on the side of a wall that you own, are you going to sell it or report it the police?
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Seems harsh, it’s not like he painted dicks on them. They’re unique and pretty fun looking.
It’s weird how Banksy gets praised for graffiti and this guys getting arrested for making them more fun.
My local post boxes all have seasonal knitted hats. It’s Easter so there’s lots of knitted rabbits and Easter eggs on them atm.
Can’t imagine they’ll arrest the little old ladies trying to make the area a bit more fun.
The only punishment he might deserve is painting them all red again. Not jail time.
Aye but if Bansky did it, everyone would be falling over themselves to praise him. I bet the guy arrested is just a regular oik whereas Banksy isn’t.
What a pointless waste of police time, can’t investigate burglaries but they can do this.
Crime must be low in Dartford if this is anything to go by. Easy target.
Hope when they find out who bankside is they arrest him for multiple accounts of vandalism.
Not as bad as them stupid knitted things they keep putting on ones round ours
If you got your house burgled they wouldn’t even bother turning up
I can see why they don’t want postboxes painted, it’ll likely confuse people on whether they are usable. But a word in his ear would be better than an arrest.
Stop making excuses for him. You can’t just go around painting other people’s property and get away with it. The postbox is an iconic British design and doesn’t need messing with.
I did some googling. What he did is illegal.
– (1)A person shall not without due authority affix or attempt to affix any placard, advertisement, notice, list, document, board or thing in or on, or paint or tar, any post office, post office letter box, telegraph post or other property belonging to or used by or on behalf of the Postmaster-General, and shall not in any way disfigure any such office, box, post or property.
It’s basically classed as tampering. He might have thought he was brightening them up or something but they’re designed in their specific way for a reason. To be easily identifiable for those wishing to post letters etc.
And to those saying Banksy would have gotten away with it, doubt it.
Meanwhile police do absolutely fuck all to catch burglars, car and bike thieves, shoplifters, gangs, serious assults etc even when there’s blatant CCTV evidence in a lot of cases – A crime reference number job.
The police and the CPS would rather go for a low level graffiti artist and have him in the system as it’s an easier conviction so less resources used, and therefore easier revenue for them to make off of the offenders.
He’ll probably get a suspended prison sentence and/or community service for this. Wouldn’t even rule out him going inside for a short time as the case seems to have aggrevating factors and it’s become publicised so there’s more incentive for them to prove a point, and make an example. But then again, the latter costs the system money for him to be in an over crowded prison for a few months.
Just amazes me where the police and CPS’ priorities lie. This kind of low level crime and an increased amount of road traffic police stings mainly on speed (which I get in some places) to be on the increase compared to past years to “Make the roads safer” yet the roads conditions aren’t safe due to potholes, poor lane/ road markings, poorly marked signs, poorly maintained verges beside the roads, badly thought out, under-invested infrastructure.
Justice system is questionable in this country imo (England)
Technically what he did was illegal under section 61(1), Post Office Act 1953.
>A person shall not without due authority affix or attempt to affix any placard, advertisement, notice, list, document, board or thing in or on, or paint or tar, any post office, post office letter box, telegraph post or other property belonging to or used by or on behalf of the Postmaster-General, and shall not in any way disfigure any such office, box, post or property.
What’s interesting is people here are commenting saying what a waste of police time and resources this is, but if nothing was done people would say the police do absolutely nothing and still be miserable.
There’s simply no pleasing people.
Banksy also only really focuses on private property where the owner(s) probably don’t care. The Post Office etc would though. It’s business vs. private individuals. The PO was probably notified by staff who are obliged to let corporate know or they were notified by members of the community. Hardly a surprise, is it?
Downvote all you like, just shows the hypocrisy behind anti-police sentiment, and how people pick and choose how laws are applied.
They’re absolutely shit, everyone stop sticking up for the dude. He has no right to be painting eggs for Easter, never mind the post boxes
If I’m not mistaken, the golden post box (6th image) is from the Olympics, not at all related to this arrested man.
For those saying ‘if this was Banksy…’ need to understand that, in order for a crime to be investigated by the police, there needs to be a victim who reports it as such.
For the events where Banksy has committed his ‘works of art’ on what is a person’s property, has only positively gained from what is technically a criminal offence.
For example, when Banksy visited Port Talbot and ‘graffitied’ on person’s garage wall, not only did the owner not contact the police about criminal damage, but instead contacted the police about concerns of PRESERVING the artwork from other people trying to deface it.
The owner ended up privately selling the physical garage wall containing the artwork for what is estimated to be in the millions.
So, ask yourself this: if Banksy’s artwork happens to end up spray painted on the side of a wall that you own, are you going to sell it or report it the police?
Why don’t the police arrest people for actual crimes such as, stealing sausage rolls from Greggs for example?[https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/1brgouc/greggs_staff_forced_into_wearing_body_cameras](https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/1brgouc/greggs_staff_forced_into_wearing_body_cameras/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
They probably will catch people who put hand knit postbox toppers next, and those that put googly eyes on a sign
Thank christ, with all those murderers and nonce kicking about I thought we’d lost sight on what important
I am glad the police have sorted all the real crime and have time for this now. Oh, wait.