No, Mexico did not pay for it.
There’s been a lot of debate in the past few years over whether building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border will help curb the flow of undocumented people and drugs into the country.
(For more on why it’s a bad idea, read here.)
But no one is debating the effectiveness of a wall that was built in New York City to arrest a serial graffitist whose pro-Trump vandalism irked fellow riders at the Borough Hall/Court Street station in Brooklyn.
Complaints of pro-Trump graffiti in the subway station began in January.
\nGraffiti is art...But this is nothing more than vandalism.
— yyyyyiying (@yyyyyiying) March 21, 2019\n
Another excellent job of wasting tax payers money and police force.
? “Police built and hid behind a fake wall to nab a serial '#lovetrump' graffitist”https://t.co/WsMAZVFU1a pic.twitter.com/LXoOlcGX28
So some officers hatched a plan to erect a plywood enclosure in the subway station they could hide behind to catch the MAGA vandal in the act.
\nNYPD, MTA use fake wall to lure in Trump-loving vandal https://t.co/4yUmOiY75y pic.twitter.com/vjJetTlAIP
— Trumpxit Prize (@TrumpxitPrize) March 19, 2019\n
Lo and behold, the vandal struck again, tagging #LoveTrump in the station and the police popped through the door in the wall to arrest 43-year-old Jamie Montemarano. Montemarano was charged with graffiti and criminal mischief.
“Sure enough, our man came back and put up again in #lovetrump on the beam, so they caught him live writing on the beam,” said NYPD Chief of Transit Edward Delatorre.
It had to be a bitter-sweet moment for Montemarano. He can now happily claim that walls can be effective at deterring crime; unfortunately, this time he was the criminal.
\nThis was the only wall that needed building...
— Sports By Reis (@SportsByReis) March 20, 2019\n
— RitaBeth (@ritabeth) March 19, 2019\n\n
\nIn order to catch a Trumpet you have to build a fake wall. Makes sense.
— non registered (@Kellyajandro) March 19, 2019\n
\nIn New York City, the dedicated detectiveswho investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as theSpecial Victims Unit. These are their stories .
— FearlessGirl (@FearlessGirl24) March 20, 2019\n
\nWonder if the cops took Trumps advice:
— Devin Nunes’ Vexatious Lawsuit (@atom_attic) March 20, 2019\n
"When you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon, you just seen them thrown in, rough. I said, ‘Please don’t be too nice’"