[scrumper]

Alright, it's worth a try. I'll do it at night in a balaclava though, because I live in the USA and no matter whether it's local, state, or federal government they'd rather spend $100k prosecuting this than $1k fixing the hole.

[bogomil]

Ah, we did it in plan sight, but I guess in the US is different. I head about people arrested while truing to fix the pothole themselves, but not for painting it, yet.

[kleiba2]

> but not for painting it, yet

https://cbsaustin.com/news/offbeat/greater-cincinnati-man-ch...

[lenerdenator]

Do we know the outcome of the case?

[prophesi]

Thankfully the case was taken to the Hamilton County Municipal Court, which I imagine was a much fairer trail than he would've received at Lockland's Mayor Court. He was cleared of all charges[0].

[0] https://local12.com/news/local/man-cleared-charges-spray-pai...

[cucumber3732842]

>He was cleared of all charges[0].

At what cost? The process is the punishment.

[mxuribe]

Sadly, @scrumper is 100% correct! In many, many areas and gov-levels of the U.S., the incentives have become so perverse that a municipality will spend 10x or 100x to prosecute people instead of spending 1x to fix things in the first place.

Some areas are even worse, because they'll use the event (e.g. "we have rampant crime now that criminals are spray-painting and ruining our potholes!")...as an excuse to then drastically increase funding for law enforcement agencies! Its bonkers and sad all around!

[bogomil]

if you can send some pictures later, on the page there is a anonymous way to send us stuff