Artists secretly install Edward Snowden statue in Brooklyn park

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Dressed in reflective yellow construction gear while working under the cover of darkness early Monday, a small group of artists installed a tribute to NSA-leaker Edward Snowden in a Brooklyn park.

The Snowden bust stands atop a column at the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park, a site built to honor more than 11,000 American prisoners of war who died aboard British ships during the American Revolutionary War.

The location is no coincidence.

Speaking to Mashable on the condition of anonymity, the artists said they chose the spot because it is "loaded with significance and meaning and reverence of others." It positions Snowden, they said, "as a continuation of a story that began at the beginning of this country" — one represented in the plight of the captured Americans.

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http://mashable.com/2015/04/06/snowden-sculpture-fort-greene-brooklyn/

[sabrina 1]

1. Excellent. I think one day people like Snowden will be the leaders of this country. After we

restore the rule of law, which I believe will happen eventually.

Those are pretty good artists btw.

[pa28]

7. Well said.

[bravenak]

2. Gawd.

Martyr.
This. No. Good lord.

[Jamaal510]

13. +1

[valerief]

3. Bravo!

[Blue_Tires]

4. Remember folks, this story isn't about Snowden...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025647966

[sabrina 1]

8. No it isn't. But when the anti-Whistle Blower smear campaigners do their 'job' to try to distract

from the serious issue of Government Anti-Consitutional surveillance of an entire population, it is fine to respond with art or any other way to get attention for this issue.

Snowden among all the other persecuted Whistle Blowers, has been turned into a hero, ironically by the very people who wanted to silence him.

So blame the anti-Whistle Blower contingency for causing the appreciation he is receiving from people everywhere who actually care about Governments breaking the law.

[Blue_Tires]

9. How much more attention does this issue need? Just wondering...

Books, movies, academy awards, donations, speeches, magazine covers, exclusive primetime interviews, statues, etc....And aren't "attention to the issue" and "attention to Snowden" two different things??

I'm just saying that when I started poking holes in Snow-Wald's story and asking questions about his motivations, the universal response thrown in my face was "Stop attacking the messenger and making this about Snowden!!" As long as he continues to be exalted as a hero or icon, I am free to make my criticisms...

[sabrina 1]

10. A lot more apparently, since the government is STILL violating the Constitutional rights of its

citizens. And it will continue until the rule of law is restored.

What 'holes' have you poked wrt to his motivations? I missed them. His motivations are clear and apparently a majority of the american people agree that he is a Whistle Blower, not a 'traitor' as some tried to claim.

[Blue_Tires]

16. I do remember that NSA Reform bill that all the emoprogs rejected in the final hours...

So that's something...

I'm not quite sure how our constitutional rights are being defended when Snowden reveals England is spying on Argentina in their effort to protect the Falklands (just to cite his most recent leak)....

You ask for the holes I've punched in Snowden's official story? Have you not been reading my posts? They're all over DU for the past two years almost...Since I grow tired of repeating myself, the search function is in the upper-right corner of your browser -- Have fun and go crazy...

[Autumn]

14. Nope, it's about artists installing a bust of Snowden in a

Brooklyn park as a tribute to him for what he did. I imagine it makes some people squirm though.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. Bravo!

[geek tragedy]

6. creepy cultists desecrate memorial nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

11. Biters

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jaime-rojo-steven-harrington/revs_b_4552216.html

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. kick

[treestar]

15. Amazing to me how they try to force this

They could have put that anywhere they were permitted to. But they have to force it on us - they know there is no one who wants a statue of Eddie.