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06-20-2012, 02:47 PM
Crayola criminal! Denver neighbourhood bans 3 year-old Emerson Cohen from sidewalk drawing | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2161700/Crayola-criminal-Denver-neighbourhood-bans-3-year-old-Emerson-Cohen-sidewalk-drawing.html)
Disgruntled neighbours have joined forces to stop a resident vandalising their pristine streets with her artwork.
However, this is not your typical graffiti artist but a three-year-old girl who loves drawing with chalks on the street outside her Denver home.
Some residents are unimpressed with Emerson Cohen’s drawings, which typically feature hearts and flowers, and argue that she is indulging in criminal activity.
The girl’s mother, Sarah Cohen, could not believe it when she heard her daughter’s innocent pastime could be banned after neighbours in Stapleton complained.
'My initial reaction was, "You have to be kidding me," ' Cohen told CBS.
A neighbourhood group, called Innovations and Courtyard Traditions at Stapleton, say that because the area where the toddler is drawing is a shared space anything that offends or disturbs others is not allowed.
And, it would appear, that some neighbours living around this particular communal courtyard find this toddler’s chalk drawings ‘offensive.’
An attorney for the group told CBS that the association was going down a path of 'do no harm' and temporarily banning the chalk art until it was discussed in depth at a later meeting.
Disgruntled neighbours have joined forces to stop a resident vandalising their pristine streets with her artwork.
However, this is not your typical graffiti artist but a three-year-old girl who loves drawing with chalks on the street outside her Denver home.
Some residents are unimpressed with Emerson Cohen’s drawings, which typically feature hearts and flowers, and argue that she is indulging in criminal activity.
The girl’s mother, Sarah Cohen, could not believe it when she heard her daughter’s innocent pastime could be banned after neighbours in Stapleton complained.
'My initial reaction was, "You have to be kidding me," ' Cohen told CBS.
A neighbourhood group, called Innovations and Courtyard Traditions at Stapleton, say that because the area where the toddler is drawing is a shared space anything that offends or disturbs others is not allowed.
And, it would appear, that some neighbours living around this particular communal courtyard find this toddler’s chalk drawings ‘offensive.’
An attorney for the group told CBS that the association was going down a path of 'do no harm' and temporarily banning the chalk art until it was discussed in depth at a later meeting.