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DEL.ICIO.USMan stakes out and attacks Cabbagetown graffiti artists
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 07/03/08
Cabbagetown has had an ongoing problem with graffiti. Early Sunday morning, resident Rodney Bowman took the matter into his own hands.
Bowman perched himself in a tree to catch vandals who had been spray-painting a concrete wall that runs along a set of railroad tracks and borders his neighborhood.
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Around 2:20 a.m., they showed up.
Two young men, Joshua Ward, 19 and Jesse Jaeger, 21, started spray-painting the wall when Bowman sprang from the tree and attacked Ward, according to an Atlanta police report.
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"It took me a few seconds to realize what was going on," Jaeger said Wednesday. "This guy just jumps out of a tree. I was like, 'Did that just happen?' We're still telling people about it. It's one of those things that, when you tell people, they don't believe you."
Bowman, 43, walked over to Ward and punched him in the face twice before the young men ran away and called police, the report said.
When an officer arrived, Bowman told him that "he had been watching the area closely" and "jumped out of the tree" to confront the vandals, the report said.
Ward and Jaeger admitted to police that they came to the concrete wall to spray paint, but they said they thought it was legal, the report said.
Jaeger said he and Ward were under the impression the wall -- just a few blocks from the Krog Street tunnel's famed concrete canvas -- was a "free space" where graffiti is allowed.
Jaeger said that, as they starting putting graffiti on the wall, Bowman sprang from the tree that was about 20 feet from them, fell down and walked toward Ward.
"I told you about [expletive] with our wall!" Bowman said, according to the report.
An officer gave Bowman a ticket for disorderly conduct, and Ward and Jaeger were ticketed for defacing a building, the report said.
In front of police officers, Bowman asked the young men what they were doing out there so late at night, Jaeger said.
"You were in a tree at 2:30 in the morning," they replied, according to Jaeger.
Bowman could not be reached for comment.
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By he is in the tree
Aug 11, 2008 8:11 PM | Link to this
I passed the wall the other night in Cabbage town and saw the man sitting in the tree . Its true every one I was like damn he is for real . We need him around here to stop the punks from tagging us. How much you want DUDE to catch the tagger's for us in Duluth ?
By he is in the tree
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I passed the wall the other night in Cabbage town and saw the man sitting in the tree . Its true every one I was like damn he is for real . We need him around here to stop the punks from tagging us. How much you want DUDE to catch the tagger's for us in Duluth ?
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Jul 14, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this
Id like to say we three, Mr Ward and Mr Jaeger and I Mr Bowman did go to court today . All went well with us no one paid a fine or has to do jail time on this issue . I do believe we three learned our lesson on what we did wrong . Mr Ward and Mr Jaeger are in deed good guys no matter how some may think of them as being bad . I do repent for how I reacted towards them and I pray that they and the Good Lord above forgives us three for our actions . Mr Ward and Mr Jaeger I am sorry for what happen on my part and I do forgive you on your parts . I would like to make it up to you two in some way that would be nice to show that I'm am a nice caring person . Like buying some spark plugs for your truck ( you said one was cut ) . I didn't cut the wire but it could have been cut when I pulled it from the spark plug . We do welcome you and any one else who wants to do art work on our walls here in Cabbage town . First you have to go ask our CNIA - Cabbage town Neighborhood Improvement Association If they will approve your art work . I will give you my approval and with that being said you will have no problem to get your space for your art work on our wall . If you have any questions please email me at woodwizerd @ aol.com
By christian
Jul 10, 2008 1:40 PM | Link to this
whether tagging is tacky is a matter of opinion. urban art is what helps a city feel like there's life and culture there.
might as well have a starbucks on every other corner othewise. Cabbage town is awesome! with all of it's colorful characters and conservative old bastards hiding in trees.
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