Thursday, June 27, 2013

American "Freedom"

Jeff Olson, is being prosecuted for scrawling anti-bank messages on sidewalks in water-soluble chalk last year now faces a 13-year jail sentence. Olson will also be held liable for fines of up to $13,000 over the anti-big-bank slogans that were left using washable children's chalk on a sidewalk outside of three San Diego, California branches of Bank of America, the massive conglomerate that received $45 billion in interest-free loans from the US government in 2008-2009 in a bid to keep it solvent after bad bets went south.  Olson  stands trial for on 13 counts of vandalism. He had scribbled slogans such as "Stop big banks"

A judge ruled that Olson’s attorney is barred from "mentioning the First Amendment, free speech, free expression, public forum, expressive conduct, or political speech during the trial,”

And the US authorities try to convince the world that the whistle-blower Snowdon will get a fair trial! 

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