Photo by Troy Holden
Muni rider Talia has the following news to share:
I hate taggers and their cocky attitudes and uncreative scrawls and stinky pens that give me headaches. This 38 driver took immediate action.
An excerpt from the Richmond district police blotter posted on the Richmond blog:
On 05/20/10 at 9:50pm an officer was in his patrol car at 6th Ave and Geary. The driver of a 38 Geary Muni began to wave at the officer and flash the vehicle’s headlights. The officer entered the bus and the driver told him that there were several young adults seated in the back that were “tagging” the bus with graffiti. The officer walked towards the back and the driver pointed out the 20 year old suspect. There was fresh graffiti on the ceiling and interior walls of the bus. The suspect was charged with vandalism and possession of a narcotic.
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I’m kinda torn on graffiti/tagging. I guess I see the issue, but at the same time, I see a tipping point (one that many Muni buses, especially on the 49 route, have reached) after which it becomes beautiful. Not unlike a hot mess.
My $0.02.
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I think this is great. I can’t stand it when I am on a bus and I can smell the Sharpies or paint or whatever that the kids are using. Plus, I mean, it’s messy sometimes and it IS vandalism.
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A form of vandalism which actually beautifies Muni is to discreetly remove those pervasive advertising placards. That I would support, unlike scrawling four-letter words with a marker.
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