I would of made the security guy call the cops. Honestly I don't care what you wrote it's chalk. The security guard was just going on a power trip, and it would of been funny to see the cops show up with that "why is this dumb ass security guard wasting our time look on there face".

It would of been tough to actually convict you since there is no damage to the property, they would of had to go with the intentional defacement charge which in this case would of been tough to prove. It's not clear cut vandalism and it's such a minor thing I doubt there's any cases defining chalk writting as vandalism.

jrhawk42

funny you mention power trip.  that's the same thing the guy said that let us use his hose to wash off the chalk. i actually considered letting her call the cops but i had a baseball game i had to get to.  i think the cops would've just told me it was technically vandalism, laugh a little bit about it, and nicely ask me to wash it off. and i wouldve been very nice and cooperative with them and i wouldve explained it was part of a scavenger hunt.

the ironic thing is, my baseball coach and rifle coach this year are both cops for the township this occured in, lol 

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[QUOTE="double_decker"]I would say yes, the law would most likely think it was so, and not everyone is religious so not everyone would want to see the lord's prayer, plus you altered someone else's property without permission.mark4091

its not paint. it comes off in the rain and doesn't physically damage any property.

It could possibly affect customers coming into the parking lot seeing a weirdo writing prayers in chalk where they park they're cars.

thats why i chose to do it off to the side away from cars and very far away from the entrance to the mall ;) 

It may have appeared to the security officer as some kind of fanatical thing although the intentions weren't bad.Aura_Twilight

nope, not trying to make a statement or anything.  it was simply something funny my friend thought of to do for the scavenger hunt so i did it. that's also why i did it in the corner of the parking lot where there are no shops, no cars, and nobody walks by. (the car in the pic is the guy that owned to flower tent that helped me clean it off, he thought it was funny btw) 

I would say yes, the law would most likely think it was so, and not everyone is religious so not everyone would want to see the lord's prayer, plus you altered someone else's property without permission.double_decker

its not paint. it comes off in the rain and doesn't physically damage any property. 

[QUOTE="zackattack784"]i guess i realize it is vandalism technically speaking but the lady was downright nasty. she was very very quick to threaten calling the copsProobie44

Wow you thought it wasn't vandalism till we said"yeah that's vandalism." and agreed with us.

no i realized it was vandalism in a very very loose sense but usually when you think of vandalism you think of inapproriate messages, not something out of the bible.  

My friends and I made scavenger hunts for each other to do after school today.   One thing on my list to do was to write the Lord's prayer, in chalk, in one long line, with each letter the size of my hand across a mall parking lot.

So, I got sidewalk chalk, went to the corner of the parking lot, away from all the cars and people, and wrote out the Lords prayer.  I had to take a picture so I went back to my car to get my camera and as I was taking pictures a mall security officer stopped me and told me I had to clean it up NOW.  He threatened to call the cops and said it was vandalism.

I talked to a guy running one of those flower tents and I was able to use his hose to hose it off.

I could see if it was obscene or inappropriate but come on.  My questions to you are, is this considered vandalism?  Is this right that she made me clean it up?  Would you make me clean it up? Thoughts?

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