Forum Post: California man faces 13 years in jail for scribbling anti-bank messages in chalk
Posted 10 years ago on June 27, 2013, 12:18 a.m. EST by Narley
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Judge says defense can't use free speech as a defense, can't even mention it. Stick a fork in it, we're done and they have won.
Move your money day was one of our more successful national days of actions.
What they are doing to this man is absurd.
It is, but it points to a problem with protests in general. Protests in general take place at one point in time, then they disband. Vigils in which a small group of 3 to 5 people protest a location, and then don't leave until they are replaced by another 3 to 5 people, is possibly the most effective form of protest one could do.
However, what this person did was take a shortcut and use chalk instead of finding people to support a vigil. I find it outrageous that he could get 13 years, but his approach was short sighted to say the least.