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One way to promote Bernie when you have nothing else to do... (Original Post) Playinghardball Dec 2015 OP
Good Idea! zentrum Dec 2015 #1
People have been arrested for sidewalk chalk. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #2
This example is political speech. HubertHeaver Dec 2015 #3
It should, but we live in the USA in the early 21st century.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #4
 

Spitfire of ATJ

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4. It should, but we live in the USA in the early 21st century....
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 12:21 AM
Dec 2015


[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 Metro’s 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

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