Vandalism discovered at home of activists
Jul 30, 2010
from the article by Evan Brandt at pottstownmercury.com:
Four days after speaking out at a Borough Council meeting about the need to more closely regulate landlords, Katy Jackson woke up to find that green paint had been sprayed along the wall and side door of her house.
And some reed fencing she and her husband David had recently erected was slashed.
Police investigating the incident said there is no evidence that the vandalism was related to her outspokenness, and the evidence points to a random act of vandalism by a handful of teens.
....[Pottstown Police Detective Cpl. Todd] Richard also welcomed Jackson's suggestion that whoever is convicted not pay a fine or do any jail time, but instead be sentenced to undoing the damage done.
"Sure, that happens all the time," he said of Jackson's suggestion that authorities impose what she called "restorative justice."
"I'd rather this conclude with some meaningful community work and that maybe whoever did this can learn more about how to respect people, be a good neighbor and participate in a community," she said.
