California Reagan Statue Damaged in Attempted Heist
Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, November 6, 2011, 4:01 PM
The statue was dedicated just last month.
A statue of President Ronald Reagan was damaged by vandals last night during an attempted hoist. The vandals were not able to make off with the statue but they did damage it.
The Blaze reported:
A life-size statue of former President Ronald Reagan is tilting at an odd angle in California after someone apparently tried to make off with it.
The bronze statue was just dedicated last month in Newport Beach, Calif. It remains in the park, but is broken off its foundation and is tilting forward after someone attempted to pull it down, the Orange County Register reported.
Newport Beach Police received a call around 5:30 a.m. Sunday of a vandalism in progress, KTLA-TV reported.
A witness said a man wearing dark clothing tried to attach a chain to the base of the statue. The chain was connected to the back of his truck and he seemed to be trying to pull the statue down. He was unsuccessful and was seen fleeing into the surrounding neighborhood.
“Either someone really didn’t like Reagan or they tried to steal it so they can sell it for scrap metal,” said police Sgt. Kirk Jacoby told the Register.
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Taqiyyotomist commented:
Oh, crap. This is not good…
…he’s leaning to the left!!!
OH, THE HUMANITY!
Taqiyyotomist commented:
“Lean Forward.”
Ella commented:
Provocation by the left…… has nothing to do with scrap metal.
pedro infante commented:
yup nothing to do with scrap metal
Speaking Clearly commented:
Don’t worry Gipper….we’re less than a Year away from the 2012 elections….you will be standing up tall and straight again.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
OT
http://www.punditpress.com/2011/11/video-occupy-dc-violently-raids-tea.html
Video: Occupy D.C. Violently Raids Tea Party Summit, Injuring Many
Buzz Windrip’s Minutemen, Hitler’s Brownshirts, Mao’s teachers and students, and finally, Obama’s army of duplicitous, violent, thieving — and eventually murderous — scum.
MrGoodWench commented:
or they tried to steal it so they can sell it for scrap metal,” said police Sgt. Kirk Jacoby told the Register.
+++++
You really think the people of this country are stupid, don’t you Sgt ?
Ausonius commented:
Ok, a quick poll of fellow conservatives:
Who amongst you would like to have caught said left wing derelict in the act and tooled him up in a manner requiring extensive dental work?
Or perhaps I am odd in my thinking.
donh commented:
No Taq, he is leaning to the right ! A sign from God this country is moving hard right.
RedBeard commented:
Hmmm….
75% chance it was a leftie freakazoid who hates Reagan, 25% chance it was a smelly doped-up loser who would rather steal than work.
Wait… I probably just repeated myself.
Objective Analysis commented:
Yeah these leftists are going to have a Civil War and will loose like the Democratic South did.
Sickofobama commented:
Can’t wait to see Kalifornia break off into the sea with all the radiated tsunami debris.
Path commented:
Ausonius – not odd in your thinking. Just need to be careful.
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
I vote for scrap metal. There seems to be a lot of that sort of thing going on around these parts lately.
Ironsman commented:
Why am I a conservative? Many reasons but reading this one comes to my mind. Because the left will shout down someone speaking in a public forum. Because the left will push old women sown stairs at an Occupy D.C. demonstration. Because the left will attack a symbol of a past President who they didn’t agree with. I am a conservative because I refuse to be a thug!
Fuquay Steve commented:
Or…it is a commentary on the conservative slate…..
Patty commented:
so, sad, for a moment I thought I was looking a Saddam Hussein statue falling down. And it seems with the vandalism and crimes by the radical Occupiers that this was their doing.
Innocent until proven guilty.
Ironsman commented:
Innocent until proven guilty. Let me get Herman Cain to explain how that is working in today’s America.
Patty commented:
The children of the Occupiers will grow up to be the same Commies that their parents were in their day. The cycle of life of the liberal that never runs out of Breathe and will continue to be a constant remember of what the Education is this nation has done to future generations.
The liberal academia, teaching Communist, socialism, radicalism. Professor who have never stepped in Catholic College is shouted at anyone who will listen that Muslims are offended with the symbols of Crosses. Yet, no one Muslim complained. One person can complain and then sue and then possible win is most cases. This is the educators teaching these these vandals. And it isn’t Colleges, it starts in primary education system.
who are so impressionable.
And here we see what was taught to our kids, as I wonder, were they educated in History about President Reagan. Did they get a passing grade in History or just pushed off to next level. And are the parents so ignorant and obsessed with themselves they have these villains and then they become the tax payers problem.
Loughner is an example of what one crime leads to and the even worse.
Like the saying goes you steal something then you go on to worse crimes.
Schools need to teach Criminal Justice or at least the law and consequences of breaking the law to these little juveniles.
jony101 commented:
illegal aliens have no morals. They steal the statue and sell it for scrap, they do it in Mexico all the time. Of course the media wont report it was “illegals” that try to steal it. The fall of the Roman empire redux.
savethenation commented:
#8, I am with your thoughts totally. On a side note, it’s too bad the statute did fall on the losers head while he/she was trying to steal it; justice served.
Molon Labe commented:
I doubt illegals were involved. This bears all the hallmarks of the ACORN types.
ID commented:
#14, There is no way this can be sold for scrap. The scrap dealer would kind of notice that this was an illegal salvage, don’t you think?
Zilla commented:
Absolutely disgraceful, and so very sad.
When do we get to fight back?
I don’t think this was a common theft, those scumbags know how decent Americans feel about Ronald Reagan. This was deliberate.
Adi commented:
I assume a “class warrior” did it.
The kind fully endorsed by E. Warren who created the “intellectual foundation”.
Son of Walden commented:
#23
If someone brought it to one of my yards, I would take it. Smelt down the body and use the head to keep jellybeans.
Son of Walden commented:
#24 Your assertion implies that a person is incapable of being a decent American if they do not display a fawning admiration for a teleprompter-reading puppet.
Eden commented:
Believe me, people ARE stupid enough to have tried to steal this for scrap metal. They took manhole covers from the streets here to the scrap yard. “Yeah, I’ve got this big metal man I’d like to turn in….”
Lisa C commented:
Regardless of whoever did this, it’s despicable! Sad thing about some of the great wealth in Orange County, especially in Newport Beach is that some parents raised some incredibly spoiled brats.
Yet for all those who wish CA would fall into the sea, although I have thought about it from time to time, considering that I live here; I’d prefer it not do so. California is such a beautiful state, it truly is a gem with just about every different type of landscape there is. I live in Newport Beach and can only smile as I drive alongside the pacific ocean. Don’t even get me started on the climate, it rained this weekend for the first time in who knows when ( which is good because now tends to fire-season) Even San Francisco, when the fog lifts is such a beautiful city.
We just need to get rid of the liberals and the useful idiots that follow them around like lemmings continuing to reelect them. I’m trying, but I could use a lot more help so conservatives could take back this state!
Oh and one reason Jerry Brown reversed the open carry law is that any good American citizen who would have seen the jerks doing this to Ronald Reagan, would have blown the jerks kneecaps off.
Roy Rogers commented:
Leftard FAIL
RedBeard commented:
Son of Walden @ #27 & #28 again offers proof of the intellectual vacancy of the leftist mind.
But I suppose there’s something to be said for predictability.
Julie the Jarhead commented:
Maybe it’s the same people who keep chopping the head off of the Little Mermaid over in Copenhagen, Danmark.
Stuart commented:
Son of Walden #27 “If someone brought it to one of my scrap yards I would take it.”
So you admit you are open to trafficking in stolen goods. Was it not you a week or so ago who bragged about stiffing the public for your law school tuition? Why yes, I believe it was you.
I am impressed. You are a law school graduate, who owns -presumably- multiple scrap yards, in other words a businessman, though not an ethical one.
I say again, I am impressed. However, please favor us by disclosing your real name. Don’t be so shy. My guess is that your real name is Walter, as in Walter Mitty.