What could possibly have been the motivation to slash the tires on at least 55 cars on one night?
Did Marvin Pratt's son and Gwen Moore's son think that the vehicles were going to be used to transport Republican voters to the polls?
I don't think so.
I think it's the work of conscienceless jerks.
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Dozens of residents on Milwaukee's south side awoke this morning to find the tires on their vehicles slashed.
Milwaukee police said they received more than 55 calls from people scattered around the 2800 block of S. 12th and 13th streets to as far east as Tippecanoe Park reporting that at least one tire had been slashed. The first call came in at 8:28 a.m. and police were still receiving calls as of 10:30 a.m.
"There's probably many more," said Capt. Debra Davidoski.
Right now, a person or group of people are out there knowing that they seriously inconvenienced dozens of people.
As TMJ4 reports, slashed tires means a slash one's wallet. Some of the victims spent between $130 and $300 for the repairs, if they were lucky enough to be able to find the right tires.
It's likely that there are people not involved in the vandalism but know who did slash the tires.
The idiots who did so much damage are probably lost causes. They are uncivilized. They're a scourge on society. They're miscreants.
But what about the people who wouldn't commit the vandalism but are so lacking in conscience that they stay silent?
They're also part of the problem, a big part of the problem.
Who would like to wake up on a Sunday morning and discover that their tires have been slashed?
It's bad enough when you have a flat or some other car problem that's not related to any intentional act by someone to do harm.
This sort of thing is really sick -- the people who did it and the people who know who did it.
It makes Mayor Tom Barrett seem a bit out of touch when he brags about Milwaukee's renaissance, doesn't it?
I doubt that the victims of this massive act of vandalism think of the city that way.
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