Darin wrote: Someone posted previously about a neat-o bike fixed up by a 'bikes against bush' activist. The activist was picked up by police Saturday for no reason:
Activist bike creator Joshua Kinberg arrested .... " As of 11:00 PM Saturday evening, he was still in custody without being charged with anything." http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/105740/index.php ------------------------------ It was me.
According to a Wired article, he was arrested for "criminal mischief and criminal possession of graffiti instruments". The big question is whether spray chalk is really a "graffiti instrument" since it's not permanent. We'll have to let the lawyers sort that one out:
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64782,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5
Though I should point out that it's not just the little guy getting it for this. Microsoft was fined for "guerilla marketing" in NYC involving similar water-based marking chalk, as was NBC in San Francisco:
http://www.engadget.com/entry/4733842305227253/#c23320
Michael Lemberger
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