Fresno Police showed favoritism on vandalism crime

This comment is about the selective prosecution of Brian David Sumner for chalking the Fresno Police Memorial.

A few months, ago someone defaced the front of my house (stucco, metal front door, and glass front window) with paint balls. I called the Fresno Police Department (non-emergency) number to report the vandalism.

I was told that if the damage was not permanent, it was not vandalism. I was able to remove almost all the paint, as it had not dried, so the incident did not meet the police operator’s standard of vandalism. I believe that no crime was recorded based on my call.

Apparently, there are different standards applied to property which is important to the Fresno Police Department.

This story was originally published July 23, 2015 at 5:14 AM with the headline "Fresno Police showed favoritism on vandalism crime."