It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
Michael Grab, a Boulder artist who goes by the name Gravity Glue, said that police threatened to ticket or jail him for creating stacked river rock sculptures that the community has been enjoying for years. In a Monday Facebook post, Grab explained that a Boulder police officer had informed him that there would be stiff penalties for continuing his art. “For the past 7 years i have been creating this art in and around Boulder, Colorado, USA. nearly every day!” he wrote. “[J]ust this weekend, one police officer has decided that balancing rocks in Boulder, Colorado is now illegal, obscurely referencing two city codes [5-4-8 and 5-4-2] about ‘destruction of public property’ in relation to rocks.”
holy #! maybe the support was more than i anticipated!!” he exclaimed. “[J]ust got a call from the city attorney personally here in Boulder telling me that he has ordered the police to NOT cite rock balancing under the city codes [I] mentioned below!!!” “THANK YOU everyone for the overwhelming support!!!! [T]hey must have gotten lots of calls!! haha )”
originally posted by: Aliensun
a reply to: jude11
Is the problem is that there are laws about altering the flow of a stream in that area? Was it his property, etc.
I think some of other folks beside the mentioned cop got their panties in a wad. It ain't its all free, folks, to feel free to do as you wish with property that isn't yours. (He was capitalizing of his fake art anyway.)
obscurely referencing two city codes about ‘destruction of public property’ in relation to rocks.”
originally posted by: Aliensun
a reply to: jude11
Is the problem is that there are laws about altering the flow of a stream in that area? Was it his property, etc.
I think some of other folks beside the mentioned cop got their panties in a wad. It ain't its all free, folks, to feel free to do as you wish with property that isn't yours. (He was capitalizing of his fake art anyway.)
originally posted by: Thisisfun2015
a reply to: jude11
okay the 5-4-8 code is to not throw or roll rocks on public property
the 5-4-2 is damaging or altering public property without permission
this officer evidently knew his fat rule book very well yet decided to decipher the law in a silly way
I don't normally defend meanies but you gotta admit that was pretty cool he pulled such random laws out of his head on command, even if he did interpret the laws incorrectly or to be precise not what they were intended to prevent.
with that said, the artist prevailed here and everyone is happy but the officer who no doubt has to endure daily jokes around his precinct.
originally posted by: Greathouse
originally posted by: Aliensun
a reply to: jude11
Is the problem is that there are laws about altering the flow of a stream in that area? Was it his property, etc.
I think some of other folks beside the mentioned cop got their panties in a wad. It ain't its all free, folks, to feel free to do as you wish with property that isn't yours. (He was capitalizing of his fake art anyway.)
This was my original thought too. I'm glad to see he got the issue resolved locally. I just hope those rivers or streams are not under Control of the Army Corps of Engineers. Because there are federal laws about diverting waterways.
originally posted by: jude11
originally posted by: Greathouse
originally posted by: Aliensun
a reply to: jude11
Is the problem is that there are laws about altering the flow of a stream in that area? Was it his property, etc.
I think some of other folks beside the mentioned cop got their panties in a wad. It ain't its all free, folks, to feel free to do as you wish with property that isn't yours. (He was capitalizing of his fake art anyway.)
This was my original thought too. I'm glad to see he got the issue resolved locally. I just hope those rivers or streams are not under Control of the Army Corps of Engineers. Because there are federal laws about diverting waterways.
I just can't see how a few stones piled on top of each other is diverting any flow. Those laws are for digging a trench and changing direction of the flow.
If that's the case, I guess a kid on shore skipping a rock across the water is a criminal as well.
jude
It is illegal to permit one's llama to graze on city property.
Boulders may not be rolled on city property.
Couches may not be placed on outside porches.
It is legal to challenge a police officer, but only until he or she asks you to stop.
It is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor.
originally posted by: SilentE
He should stack rocks all the way around the cops house.
With the help of some locals with big machinery, he could stack some pretty hefty one's so the cop can't get out of his home to enforce stupidity on citizens. lol
Or just gravity glue one to his face.