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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew Yorkers taunt and shout "F*** the police" as they watch unjust arrest
Anger after video shows police officer arresting Brooklyn subway musician - after the cop recited the law saying he COULD be there
Andrew Kalleen, 30, was arrested at a Williamsburg subway stop on Friday
A video of the incident shows an officer approaching him and telling him he needs a permit to be there, which Kalleen calmly disputed
Kalleen pointed him to the correct part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's rules of conduct, which showed he was allowed to be there
But the MTA's rules differ from state law, which says an entertainer can be arrested for loitering at a station unless he's been authorized to be there
The cop called backup and several officers cuffed Kalleen and pulled him out of the station as other travelers yelled at the police
Kalleen and other musicians held a rally in the station on Tuesday
Http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2801824/Buskers-rally-arrested-NYC-subway-performer.html
The officer removes theguitar from the shoulders of Kalleen, who continues to sing a cappella.
'I'm being oppressed,' says the musician, wearing hot pink socks, no shoes, a jacket, a tie and a fedora.
Meanwhile, straphangers taunt the officer and ask if there are more serious crimes he should be policing, with one pointing out there are crack dealers operating in the city, while others say they see the musician every day and enjoy listening to his music.
Eventually, several other uniformed and plainclothes police officers arrive at the station and force Kalleen to the floor before handcuffing him - as he continues to sing - and dragging him out.
As he is pulled up the stairs, travelers shout 'F*** the police'.
The video was posted online and has been viewed more than 800,000 times.
Kalleen was arrested on a charge of loitering and will appear in court on Friday. Police
Kalleen, also speaking evenly, refuses to leave and tells the officer he has a right to be there performing, then directs him to the section in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's rules of conduct that says artistic performances and solicitations of donations are allowed.
The flustered officer reads the section aloud and discovers that the musician is indeed right but decides to elect him anyway.
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New Yorkers taunt and shout "F*** the police" as they watch unjust arrest (Original Post)
Liberal_in_LA
Oct 2014
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starroute
(12,977 posts)1. Bad mistake to get the hipsters riled up
They can be vicious once aroused.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)2. The Police Militia at work again...
Why won't the arrest some real criminals...from Wall Street.
The Wizard
(12,482 posts)3. As Mayor Daley's goons assaulted protesters
during the 1968 Democratic convention the crowd started chanting "The whole world is watching." That should happen every time police abuse their power and victimize (often violently) innocent citizens exercising the Constitutionally guaranteed rights.
Burf-_-
(205 posts)4. What do you expect...
The NYPD is practically the most FASCIST force in the USA. The law doesn't matter if THEY say so, and it does if THEY say so.
"LAW...pffft we know the law... but you know what...fuck you... we can make charges up as we go along and you cant do jack about it. "
~ sincerely the ...NYPD /Ferguson PD /LAPD..... etc etc. etc. ~
Ampersand Unicode
(503 posts)5. Second verse, same as the first
NYC Liberal
(20,132 posts)6. Well...
But the MTA's rules differ from state law, which says an entertainer can be arrested for loitering at a station unless he's been authorized to be there
He WAS authorized...by the MTA rules.
Cop couldn't admit he was wrong and had to double down.