Quote Originally Posted by Tgo01 View Post
A) If my choices were between "peaceful" (which is what many Democrats have described these protests as) and "violent" then yes, I would characterize graffiti as violence.
You're making my point for me. You simultaneously want it to be true that graffiti is both violent and a crime, but not a violent crime. Well, if it's a nonviolent crime, then it isn't violent to a reasonable person.