Grim Reaper Visits

When I read the above-the-fold headline in today's Daily Post I did not expect it to be a B'game story.  But it is!  I have edited out the individual's names but here are some excerpts

The owner of a business in Burlingame is being sued by a union for destroying an effigy of the Grim Reaper that was placed in front of his business during a protest.  The owner of the Broadway Tennis Center is also accused of attaching a member of the Carpenter's Union, Local 217.  The incident happened on May 1 (editor's note, May 1 is International Workers' Day for socialists, communists, etc) when the union members set up two temporary banners and a four-foot high grim reaper prop on the sidewalk in front of the tennis center.

The suit claims the tennis center owner punched one union member in the shoulder after he began recording the incident on his cellphone.  The owner kicked and threw property belonging to the union protesters, such as their ice chest, the suit claims. He then went back to his truck and deliberately ran over the grim reaper the suit said.

After the owner left, Burlingame police arrived and conducted an investigation, which resulted in the owners arrest.

Wow. This has the feel of an NFL play where two offsetting flags should have been thrown.  Using the Grim Reaper as a "prop" carries a very pointed message and might even rise to the level of a chargeable offense in this PC day and age.  Did the union members get a permit to protest?  Where they only on the sidewalk?  And how do you figure it out after the fact?  Just so you know I ain't making the whole thing up:

Comments

[local motion]

Ice chests? Were they grilling wienies out there to?

[Anon]

Where can I contribute to the defense fund of the tennis center owner? I have had it with this union b.s..

[hollyroller@hotwire.com]

Why in the world would you edit out the name of a person who-allegedly committed a crime, and was arrested for that crime?
Especially after the incident was in the newspaper.
Obviously this is a waste of Police recourses.
Sort of like a disagreement between neighbors.
However, the Mystery Business Owner used a vehicle to run over some "Cartoon Character" and could have seriously hurt someone.
The Grim Reaper is/was only a Cartoon Character.
I do not believe any mature adult would put any meaning into the choice of "protest prop" other than to bring attention to whatever argument is being addressed.
Using a car to "run over" anything with intension to destroy it is a very dangerous, and crazy thing to do.
Not providing the business name, seems like you are condoning this persons response to "Free Speech."
Speaking of condoning..
Remember the Condon Incident?"

[Joe]

Well that was my call and I chose to do it that way to focus on the event not the people. I'm not sure what cartoons you watch, but I have never seen one with the Grim Reaper in it. Anon seems to disagree with you.

Off topic and misundertanding what "condoning" means, but I think you are referring to the theft of Condon city council campaign signage by Joe McConnell. Read about it here:

http://archives.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=83481

[pat giorni]

Perhaps my dyslexia is out of kilter but I must ask what member of the Carpenters' Union was attached to what. I condon all clarification...

[The Grim Reaper is a perfect mascot]

The Grim Reaper is a perfect mascot for The Labor Unions:

https://www.google.com/#q=labor+racketeering+history

He's a Reaper, she's a Reaper, wouldn't you like to be a Reaper too?

Go! Reapers!

Perhaps BHS should change their mascot to The Reapers! Yeah, baby!

[hollyroller@hotwire.com]

Actually I am referring to an incident that happened during the exchange of business property.
Mr.Condon started a "restaurant" on Howard Ave a few years back. Unfortunately, the restaurant did not do to well.
That new coffee place is there now.
It is a nice place.
I give until 04/2016