DA declines to prosecute man arrested in St. Patrick's Cathedral vandalism
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Via: texan1211 • 5 years ago • 8 commentsBy: Dean Balsamini and Mary Kay Linge (New York Post)
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By Dean Balsamini and Mary Kay Linge
June 6, 2020 | 6:38pm
Enlarge ImageGraffiti damage is seen on St. Patrick's Cathedral.Christopher Sadowski
Turns out desecration is no crime in New York City.
The Queens man arrested for scarring the landmarked facade of St. Patrick's Cathedral during a George Floyd protest is now free — because the Manhattan District Attorney's office declined to prosecute him.
Yadir Avila Rosas, 26, was taken into custody at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, an NYPD spokeswoman told The Post.
Police charged Rosas with criminal mischief in the third degree and making graffiti, alleging that he was the "getaway driver" for two women who tagged the famous house of worship with spray-painted slogans on May 30.
But an expected Saturday afternoon arraignment never happened, at the DA office's discretion.
The two women wanted for questioning in regard to the graffiti at St. Patrick's Cathedral.DCPI
Cops are still looking for the two female suspects who marked the stone stairs of the cathedral and two walls flanking its entrance at Fifth Avenue and 51st Street with expletives and with messages like "No Justice No Peace" and "BLM," for Black Lives Matter.
The New York Archdiocese did not respond to a request for comment.
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This is what you get when you vote in liberal law enforcement thereby enabling the bad players to continue with their illegal hijinx