Police hunt poo protesters

Ah, “old Europe”

ananova.com/news/story/sm_1248811.html

[quote] Police in Germany are hunting pranksters who have been sticking miniature US flags into piles of dog poo in public parks.

Josef Oettl, parks administrator for Bayreuth, said: “This has been going on for about a year now, and there must be 2,000 to 3,000 piles of excrement that have been claimed during that time.”

The series of incidents was originally thought to be some sort of protest against the US-led invasion of Iraq.

And then when it continued it was thought to be a protest against President George W. Bush’s campaign for re-election.

But it is still going on and the police say they are completely baffled as to who is to blame.

“We have sent out extra patrols to try to catch whoever is doing this in the act,” said police spokesman Reiner Kuechler.

“But frankly, we don’t know what we would do if we caught them red handed.”

Legal experts say there is no law against using faeces as a flag stand and the federal constitution is vague on the issue.
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the guys doing this must be laughing their asses off …

would be hard to find a law that applies … crap as a flag-stand?

[quote=“s.b.”]Ah, “old Europe”

ananova.com/news/story/sm_1248811.html

[quote] “We have sent out extra patrols to try to catch whoever is doing this in the act,” said police spokesman Reiner Kuechler.

“But frankly, we don’t know what we would do if we caught them red handed.”

Legal experts say there is no law against using faeces as a flag stand and the federal constitution is vague on the issue.
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Surely they are breaking laws against littering? I don’t give a rat’s ass what they are sticking the flags in, but 2,000 or 3,000 little flags over the course of a year will make quite a mess of any park.

wouldn’t the steaming piles of crap in question be littering? is it against the law in germany to not scoop poop?

maybe the perps could claim that it’s all some kind of art - but so could the dog owners in today’s world … :wink:

And I must probably go back to THIS country. Help Help Help …

cool…wouldn’t it be funny if (with the publicity) it became a trend in other countries :smiling_imp:

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