"We prosecute vandalism and theft cases regardless of who the perpetrator or victim might be," Goldsmith said. "We don't decide, for example, based upon whether we like or dislike banks. That would be wrong under the law."
Months later, on January 7, 2013 Freeman pressed Miles and Goldsmith's attorneys to take action against Olson.
"Any updates on this," Freeman wrote in an email to Miles and Deputy City Attorney Nicole Kukas obtained through a public records request.
下面这里还有更精彩的检察官说法
This from a court document filed by Hazard.
“The People do not fear that this reading of section 594(A) will make criminals of every child using chalk. Chalk festivals may still be permitted. Kids acting without malice may still engage in their art. Circumventing the rules, without permission, under the color of night, and now waiving a banner of the First Amendment, does not negate the fact that defacement occurred, a private business suffered real and substantial monetary damages, and Defendant is responsible.”
检察官曰:【被告的涂鸦事实上对一个私人企业造成了真实和重大的金钱损失,他要负责!】
It is a standard graffiti case compounded by the fact that the defendant is alleged to have done it on 13 separate occasions(13次). Because there were 13 different occasions when the defendant allegedly engaged in the conduct, the law requires them to be set out separately(分列) in the complaint. This increases(增加) the maximum sentence(最高刑罚), but it still is a graffiti case and nothing more.
City Attorney was not involved in deciding whether to issue this case as is typical practice in prosecution offices for most cases. He hadn't heard of this case until it was in the media.