4
BROOKLYN WEEKLY, FEBRUARY 2, 2020
THE REVENGE OF BIRD GOD
Avian-themed vandal defaces Grand Army Plaza a second time
BY BEN VERDE
What a loon!
The alleged vandal
who tagged the Soldiers
and Sailors Arch at
Grand Army Plaza in December
struck again on
Jan. 23, this time scrawling
a bizarre screed
about birds just a few feet
below where his original
tag was.
“If you cripple or kill
any more of my birds I
will innihilate sic you
in this next CARTEL
WAR,” the graffiti reads.
Police cuffed a 36-yearold
Washington State resident
for the vandalism
and charged him with
making graffiti, criminal
mischief, and possession
of a graffiti instrument
— the same charges
he received in December
when he commandeered
a cherry-picker to defile
the 128-year-old monument
— before being arrested
when he couldn’t
figure out how to lower
himself.
In the more recent act
of vandalism, the suspect
seems to offer a step-bystep
guide describing the
amount of birds a person
can kill before divine
punishment kicks in,
with zero being the best
and one being forgivable,
but any additional fowl
deeds carrying some
spooky consequences.
“This is when you begin
to live the lives,” the
cryptic guide reads.
The vandal told investigators
he was acting
under the orders of
his grandfather, who
told him to do it in a 1960
letter in order to raise
awareness of pigeon killings,
according to the
New York Post.
“People are killing pigeons
and chopping their
feet up and I had to bring
awareness to that,” he
said in the original criminal
complaint.
Thursday’s vandalism
was first reported by
Bklyner.
While the vandal
claims to be concerned
primarily with the annihilation
of pidgeons, he
may want to consider the
mass slaughter of Canadian
Geese that occurred
in Prospect Park in the
wake of the “Miracle on
the Hudson” incident that
resulted in the untimely
deaths of hundreds of innocent
geese.
The bird god could not
be reached for comment.
An alleged vandal defaced the Soldiers and Sailors Arch at Grand Army Plaza for the second time.
Photo by Paul Martinka
CRC Mechanical
Plumbing & Heating Corp.
LICENSED
AND INSURED
DISCOUNTS
for SENIORS
and
MILITARY
Local & Trusted
Full-Service Plumbing
Water Heaters | Leaks | Slab
Leaks | Frozen Pipes | Gas Leaks
Boilers | Sink & Tub | Stoppages
Pipe Replacement
New Construction | Sump Pumps
918 McDonald Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11218
718 331 2468
Email:crcmechanical17@gmail.com
TOP $ PAID
FOR JUDAICA
COLLECTIBLES
HOUSE
CALLS
SAME SAME DAY
DAY
SERVICE
SERVICE
AVAILABLE
AVAILABLE
HOUSE
CALLS
SERVING BROOKLYN
AND THE ENTIRE
TRI-STATE AREA
ANTIQUES AND ESTATE BUYERS
WE PAY $ CASH $ FOR
ALL GOLD, GOLD & STERLING SILVER
COSTUME JEWELRY, ALL COINS, PAPER
MONEY & STAMP COLLECTIONS
ALL GOLD...BROKEN OR NOT
PRE- 1960 FURNITURE, CLOCKS & WATCHES
(WORKING OR NOT) TIFFANY,
BACCARAT, LALIQUE
The List is Endless
YERS
SEE OUR AD IN THE SUNDAY POST
ASK FOR CHRISTOPHER
www.AntiqueAndEstateBuyers.com
for Antique
ANTIQ
ES
MILITARY
Collections Wanted
Swords, Knives,
Helmets, etc.
ANTIQUES AND ESTATE BUYERS
We buy anything old. One piece or house full.
WILL TRAVEL. WE MAKE HOUSE CALLS.
FREE
Estimate
WILL TRAVEL
ENTIRE TRI-STATE
link
/www.AntiqueAndEstateBuyers.com
/www.AntiqueAndEstateBuyers.com