Wikileaks truck back in its old spot.

[Eric J in MN]

NYPD cops stopped the driver, and told him he committed an offense by using his windshield wipers without also having his lights on.

Then they asked to search his truck.

He said no.

Then they arrested the driver for "Obstructing Governmental Administration."

They gave him the name of a place they were supposedly going to bring his truck to, which never got it.

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http://gawker.com/5862381/occupy-wall-street-wikileaks-truck-recovered


From what we understand, after (Clark) Stoeckley was arrested last Thursday for Obstruction of Governmental Administration, NYPD didn't tow his truck to the lot they told him they would. Instead they left parked it on the street in a bus lane where it was ticketed twice, then towed to Pier 79 while Stoeckley was still in jail. (Not nice.) A Twitter user alerted Stoeckley last night that he had spotted it at Pier 79, but the New York City Finance Department told him he'd have to pay some outstanding tickets before they let him have it. (These tickets might have been the reason it was towed to Pier 79 instead of the other lot in the first place?)

Anyway, it's all chill now. Stoeckley said a friendly judge cancelled his tickets, and, according to Twitter, he's on his way to drop off blankets for Occupy Wall Street. Whew! I give it three days before this exact thing happens all over again.
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Anyway, he tweeted less than an hour ago:
@wikileakstruck "Back at my old parking spot." yfrog.com/h0m6brbj


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[Fire Walk With Me]

1. That's one of the most fun things about the NYC #Occupation. Glad it's back!

[msongs]

2. hope he is on the way to his attorney to sue for being arrested for "obstructing governmental admin

istration" which sounds like another bogus charge cooked up by crooked NYPD. sincerely doubt that a wiper violation is grounds for a vehicle search.

[Eric J in MN]

5. His attorney has said that he suspects that the arrest was illegal

...punishment for not consenting to a search.

[qb]

3. That is an awesome truck. A bit too scary for the NYPD though.

:scared:

[Kaleko]

4. Inspirational... seeing how everything they do backfires on them lately.

Almost as if the tide is turning in our favor, hmmm?

[Eric J in MN]

6. The driver did an interview in June (before OWS)

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7. If you were to issue one “Challenge” to humanity what would it be?

I would challenge the world to give up the nukes forever. The US should lead by example.

8. Have you been hit on by anyone because of your attractive vehicle?

It is not a Ferrari or a Porsche. I attract a lot of conspiracy theorists, but they are usually older men who need a bath, and they want to talk my ear off. Some of them actually think I work for Wikileaks and they wish they had something to leak. No I have not gotten hit on by anyone because of the truck. It is a former U-Haul truck with 200,000 miles. Luckily my girlfriend has a car.

http://wikileaks-movie.com/blog/2011/exclusive-interview-the-wikileaks-truck-driver-clark-stoeckley-of-the-anonymous-theater-art-group/


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[Eric J in MN]

7. Amy Goodman interviewing the driver (picture)

http://twitter.com/#!/Bike_at_W4/status/139840551104163840/photo/1