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By Jeff Sherman OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Jeff Sherman

Published March 20, 2008 at 5:19 p.m.

Tags: tagging, vandals, redroom, graffiti

A rash of tagging has struck Water Street this week. Billboards, for sale signs and redroom, 1875 N Humboldt Ave., took the hardest hits.

The funky lounge with deep red walls and cool diffused lighting had its entire north side graffitied. Perched at Water and Humbodt, the damage is highly visible to drivers, pedestrians, residents and patrons at the many neighborhood restaurants and taverns.

Hopefully, the above photo will help identify the vandals.

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Posted by Z_boy on March 21, 2008 at 12:18 p.m. (report)

I say let the harmless drug USERS (notice I didn't say "dealers") free so that their space can be used for these vandals (like someone on here already said, it isn't "tagging," it's vandalism, plain and simple). And then, I say prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law ... and then some. What these j*rks don't realize is that it goes beyond just defacing a piece of property. It promotes a feeling that a neighborhood isn't safe -- and when this happens, it ends up hurting everyone.

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Posted by Bettybcool on March 21, 2008 at 10:32 a.m. (report)

They're lucky they didn't get my cousin's restaurant across the street! DJ would hunt them down himself! Or so he says. ... I like looking at graffiti art on trains while I wait for them to pass, but not this crap - I doesn't even look cool.

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Posted by littletinyfish on March 21, 2008 at 12:39 a.m. (report)

I would approve of this if it looked cool. But it does not, so let's arrest the bastard.

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Posted by mjkramer on March 20, 2008 at 8:35 p.m. (report)

This is not "tagging". This is vandalism and graffiti. Calling it "tagging" somehow distinguishes this type of gross disrespect of property from other types of vandalism. Let's stop calling it tagging and call it what it really is.

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Posted by RunningOnEmpty on March 20, 2008 at 7:37 p.m. (report)

We need the limited jail space for worse criminals. Hit 'em in their pocketbooks with a $5000 fine and give half of that to the victims. That'll make me feel better for my two hours of scrubbing and an hour of painting each time.

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