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Related: About this forumOne way to promote Bernie when you have nothing else to do...
Especially in a high traffic area...I don't suggest this kind of graffiti..
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One way to promote Bernie when you have nothing else to do... (Original Post)
Playinghardball
Dec 2015
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zentrum
(9,865 posts)1. Good Idea!
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)2. People have been arrested for sidewalk chalk.
HubertHeaver
(2,522 posts)3. This example is political speech.
First amendment applies.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)4. It should, but we live in the USA in the early 21st century....
[font size=5]Sidewalk chalk could land four protesters in jail for a year[/font]
Four people could face up to a year in jail for chalking up city sidewalks while protesting police misconduct.
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District Attorney Steve Wolfson is taking the case seriously.
This is not a kid drawing with a piece of chalk on the sidewalk. These are adults who used chalk to draw profanity, he said. And there is a law on the books that make it a crime to engage in this activity.
One statement read: Not one single cop in Metros entire history has been charged after shooting someone. Even if that person was unarmed and/or innocent.
Another was: (Expletive) the police.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/crime-courts/sidewalk-chalk-could-land-four-protesters-jail-year
They sued the cops:
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/sidewalk-chalkers-sue-las-vegas-police-over-arrests
It was worse under Bush:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/08/war-chalk-arrests
One Occupy protest using sidewalk chalk turned into a "clash with police".
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-occupy-art-idUSBRE86C0X220120713