{"id":5385,"date":"2011-08-03T07:13:38","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T11:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=5385"},"modified":"2011-08-03T07:14:57","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T11:14:57","slug":"irked-mayor-crushes-illegally-parked-mercedes-with-army-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/08\/irked-mayor-crushes-illegally-parked-mercedes-with-army-tank","title":{"rendered":"Irked mayor crushes illegally parked Mercedes with Army tank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tired of illegally parked cars ignoring police, Mayor Arturas Zuokas decided to crush offenders with a public warning to double-parkers, loading-zone blockers and anybody who ignored red-painted curbs.<\/p>\n<p>He borrowed an Army tank and personally crunched a snazzy Mercedes-Benz flagrantly parked in a bike lane in Vilnius, the capital of the European nation of Lithuania.<\/p>\n<p>Watch it for yourself:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"A.Zuokas tanku kovojo prie\u0161 nelegaliai statomus automobilius\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IvGaSct3cJk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tired of illegally parked cars ignoring police, Mayor Arturas Zuokas decided to crush offenders with a public warning to double-parkers, loading-zone blockers and anybody who ignored red-painted curbs. 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