Blanks, who's admitted spray-painting the building, appeared unrepentant as he told reporters outside the 32nd Precinct station house: "They [the Witnesses] know why I did it. They mentally molested me. They broke up my family...
Throw the book at him, I say. Justifying his property violence by blaming the witnesses is inexcusable. He's an adult and needs to take responsibility for his violence (yes, spray-painting meets the definition of property violence).