A supporter of President Trump in Connecticut says he wrote threatening anti-Trump graffiti on elementary school equipment hoping to frame Democrats because he believes they are "disrespectful to our government."
Stephen Marks, 32, wrote “Kill Trump,” “Left is the best,” "Bernie Sanders2020" and “Death to Trump” on playground equipment at Hartford's Morley Elementary School last month, according to the Hartford Courant.
Marks has been ordered by a judge to stay away from the school and has a court date next month.
He told the newspaper that he was was taking his dog to the park on a bicycle when he found a green marker and “had the dumb idea to vandalize the school with what would seem to be liberal hate speech.”
A surveillance camera caught the vandalism, and police posted footage showing him riding around on his bike and then writing on the equipment. Marks said he turned himself in after seeing the footage on the news.
He was charged with third-degree criminal mischief and breach of peace, according to the Courant.
Marks apologized for the incident, saying he knows his actions were “stupid” and "illegal," adding he would "never harm the president or any member of government."
Marks told police he vandalized the equipment "out of anger towards liberals and they are breaking major laws every day and being disrespectful towards our government,” the Courant reported.
This was no big deal. Just a little prank. But he clearly believes what that NRA ad is spewing. And that's .... not good.
