Photos and artwork by John Lavoie.
"I know for a fact the person in question doesn't write on houses or anything like that. And to stand there and say they are going to put all there resources like he's a bank robber give me a break thats just so far out of line it isn't even funny. How about the city focuses on the more important issues in our city such as the obvious drug problem 85% of the city has or how about getting down to the bottom of the shootings that had taken place in north park 2 nights in a row this past week. All there trying to do is find a scape goat for all the graffiti around the city. If the FRPD did some work they would know that he is already detained and has been since last week."
"Yeah, he shouldn't of vandalized property but give the kid a break, him being locked up is pathetic. Use the jail for the real ****heads who deserve to be locked up"
"...hmmm and it's also funny how you see all these hood rats pass around or even drop needles but get away with it. John is a quiet artist who wants to express himself and the beauty of our youth."
"WHY DID`NT THEY KNOW HE WAS ALLREADY LOCKED UP ? AND HE HAS`NT TAGGED IN YEARS....GIVE ME A BREAK...GO FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO DO WITH YOUR TIME...YOU`VE GOT TO BE KIDDING."
"...and he has been in a jail cell already! for days now! way to go! the mayor is using John as an example, but he picked a crappy one. because the target of their manhunt, IS IN THE COUNTY JAIL ALREADY!"
"My point was that the city should be more worried about the real criminals rather then the insignificance of graffiti. Take away all the graffiti and then what? We're a clean city with a good portion of the population in rehab or on drugs. It cost 35,000 per prisoner and i believe that we shouldn't flood our prisons with such a small crime. I'm not saying give him a free pass but the punishment should fit the crime how about covering his work himself as a part of community service rather then waste money on hiring others to do it....."
