Vigilante or vandalism? Someone puts giant ‘EXPIRED’ stickers on plates with expired tags
Celeste Springer
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A post is making its rounds on Colorado Springs’ social media groups after a patron at a local shopping center claimed someone was going around putting big green stickers on cars that had expired tags.
KRDO13 went out to the Walmart off Powers Boulevard and Woodmen Road to see for ourselves. We located one car in the parking lot that appeared to have a sticker slapped on the back license plate.
The stickers sparked an online debate, with some applauding what they called a “vigilante.” Others were not amused, saying that people need to “mind their business.”
KRDO13 then spent some time downtown to ask people whose side they’re taking.
“I think that everyone should respect other people’s property. But also, in today’s day and age, we should take things a little bit more lightly. Sometimes you just have to laugh it off and appreciate the reminder,” says a local reacting to the social media post.
Then there are these people, who wrote to us saying they wish they had the time to help apply the stickers and claimed people think they’re above the law.
The Colorado Springs Police Department says residents should not put stickers on property that is not their own. In extreme cases, it could result in a misdemeanor charge, police say.