• ye olde razor blades... not in candy, but on campaign signs (fwd)

    From danny burstein@dannyb@panix.com to alt.folklore.urban,alt.fan.cecil-adams on Tue Oct 18 13:31:43 2022
    From Newsgroup: alt.folklore.urban

    for anyone still here...

    [Nexstar]

    1 injured by campaign signs rigged with razor blades in Pennsylvania, police say

    The election season took an ugly turn in one southeastern Pennsylvania county after police say razor blades affixed to campaign signs injured at least one person.

    "Over the past election cycles, we have dealt with theft of signs, vandalism of
    signs, neighbor disputes, etc.. but this is the first time we have dealt with this situation," the Upper Makefield Township Police Dept. wrote in a statement. "What happened here is totally unacceptable and a disgusting act for
    which a resident ended up slicing their fingers."

    The injury happened when a resident tried to remove a sign for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro that had been placed without permission, police said Sunday.
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    rest: https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/1-injured-by-campaign-signs-rigged-with-razor-blades-in-pennsylvania-polices-say/

    oh, they claim a similar event happened earlier
    with a "Trump" sign

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