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The government of Martinez, CA has implicitly stated that their roads are a venue for spe4ch and speech like acts.
Why, gosh, it almost seems that this arrest is evidence of CONTENT BASED RESTRICTIONS.
...but that couldn't be.
Not in America.

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3/ If it's authorized , then we have evidence that the government approves of expressive acts on road surfaces... and is illegally making decisions based on content.https://twitter.com/B_Barbarian/status/1280667439869554689?s=19 …
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Of course, burning your own flag is just speech. Burning someone else's flag is vandalism/arson/theft, etc.
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If this was an unauthorized mural, it's just be assholeishness (don't burn/destroy other's art). As an authorized mural, painting over is vandalism of public property.
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"Prosecutors are classifying it as a hate crime because under California penal code ... the alleged civil rights violation was motivated by the race of the victim." EXPLAIN TO ME HOW PAINT ON A STREET CAN BE A 'VICTIM' AND HAVE 'RACE." WHAT THE F*CK
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They should have destroyed a monument instead.
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I'm curious what would have happened had they painted "all" over the word "black."
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