A vandal slashed tires on four city cars early Monday, including one used for the Mayor and two belonging to the police officers on his personal protection detail.
Nutter spokesman Doug Oliver said the vandal, who also stuck a pool car used by the City Controller, apparently was not targeting Mayor Nutter. The black SUV Nutter uses most was parked nearby and was left untouched.
“It appears to have been random,” Oliver said. The incident happened around 5 a.m., he said.
The front left tire on the Mayor’s 2008 Chevrolet Impala was damaged, along with two tires each on the personal vehicles of the police officers, said Oliver, who declined to identify the officers’ cars for security reasons.
The three vehicles were parked on the apron at City Hall’s Northeast corner, their usual space, and are not currently in use as Nutter is on vacation. The controller’s hybrid Ford Escape was parked outside the Municipal Services Building at 15th and JFK Boulevard. It had one tire slashed.
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I'm sure this was all captured on surveillance video and the cops have already caught and locked up the perp(s), right?— kinkaid329- It couldn't have happened to a more deserving person.— Trident252
- The controller’s hybrid Ford Escape....Why are we paying for such an expensive car????? These city officials should be driving economy cars to save the taxpayer's money.....oh wait what was I thinking.— Taxpaying Voter
Comment removed.- They save the nickels by cutting the unions to the bone...so they can add up to the dollars to spend as they wish.Great plan don't cha think?— phillyblue234
- STAY OUT OF PHILADELPHIA— gunshoped
- Where was everyone at? The driver or one of the officers protecting the Mayor should have been at the car. Guess they were at the doughnut shop while the Mayor was doing what ever he does.— Pat c
I don't park on the sidewalk of the building I work in. How come everyone in the city has to pay for their own parking except the Privileged Ruling Class - including the House of Lords better known as City Council?- Pat c, That driver or officer who should have been there - according to you - would have been at the car a very long time - "The three vehicles ... are not currently in use as Nutter is on vacation".
THE REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN!!!- Comment removed.
- no prob. 5 union workers will spend 2 days fixing them.— ray_d_eightor
- Oh Sorry; I had this knife and wanted to stab something and these cars were in my way , as I was going to church and I got so mad I just..........— abbe
- DoomsdayCritic, while your close, that's not the way it will start. It must start at the polls in Nov. then really attack in the Spring. Throw Brady's ballott endorsements in the refuse can, when they (tell) hand it to you. More harm can be done by that action than any car tire slashing. Are you with me?— FJG JR
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