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lostnfound

(16,179 posts)
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 06:19 AM Oct 2020

Michigan gov worker sliced by boobytrapped trump yard sign

The guy was doing his job, removing signs placed illegally close to the road. CNN headline does identify him as government worker doing his job, and gives no name of the man or of the owners of the sign. “Law and order@? BS.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/us/michigan-man-stitches-boobytrapped-campaign-sign-trnd/index.html

Michigan man receives 13 stitches after slicing his hand on razor blades attached to a Trump-Pence sign

CNN)A Michigan man had his hand sliced open on Wednesday by razor blades found on a Trump-Pence 2020 sign that he was trying to remove.

Authorities had asked the man, who works for Commerce Township, to remove the sign because its placement violated a city ordinance, his boss, Township Supervisor David Scott, told CNN.

A Commerce Township ordinance requires signs to be 33 feet from the center of the roadway. The signs were located 24 feet from the center of the road clearly within the right of way, the Oakland County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
The 52-year-old man, who was not named by authorities, had to receive 13 stitches, the sheriff's office said.
The township routinely removes signs that violate its right-of-way ordinance, when they can impede traffic or the ability to see oncoming cars, Scott said. Any yard signs removed -- whether political or for garage sales -- are typically placed next to a dumpster, where they can be retrieved by their owners.

The homeowner, who was also not identified by authorities, said the signs had previously been stolen from their property and when they returned from out of town the signs were back in their yard, according to the Sheriff's Office.
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Michigan gov worker sliced by boobytrapped trump yard sign (Original Post) lostnfound Oct 2020 OP
sure they were mercuryblues Oct 2020 #1
"The signs are mine, but the razor blades must have been put there by someone else." mn9driver Oct 2020 #2

mercuryblues

(14,531 posts)
1. sure they were
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 06:24 AM
Oct 2020
The homeowner, who was also not identified by authorities, said the signs had previously been stolen from their property and when they returned from out of town the signs were back in their yard, according to the Sheriff's Office.


lying pieces of scum.

mn9driver

(4,425 posts)
2. "The signs are mine, but the razor blades must have been put there by someone else."
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 07:09 AM
Oct 2020

Trump supporters are sounding more and more like their cult leader every day.

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