Health Summary – Direct message from C. Drew : My lung cancer treatments are completed and all signs suggest successfully. In a month tests will reveal more on my progress. Every day I will be recovering more and more from these treatments and the Screen Print Workshop for Artists is back in full swing. Please stop through and help us print and build for our local and national exhibits of the Art Patch Project.
GREAT update News! Uptown Multicultural Arts Center, with Chris Drew, Exec.Dir of this grassroots organization
is this Weekend featured, and silkscreening patches during Jul 29, 30 and 31 stop by, see Chris and the free speech movement Alive and Well! Original art t shirts and patches on site! come by! new video posted soon.
@TheAdmirerLove Yes, in this video he’s selling art. However, this man was arrested and is facing up to 10 to 15 years in prison for videotaping one of his encounters with the police; I don’t know if it was this video?? His crime as I said, videotaping the police in public performing their tax paid duty. This man now has Lung Cancer, and the State, the wonder State has been so nice to postpone his court case so that he can receive chemo.
I have a question? So can we assume that it would be illegal to video tape and record a political rally? Let’s say Obama’s Presidential Victory speech, how many people where there in Chicago in Grant Park with video cameras recording his speech. I’m sure it was in the thousands, just YouTube it. If this man is arrested for such, then all the people who recorded Obama’s Presidential Victory Speech should be arrested as well.
wow the fact that they are arresting that man makes america look so fucking stupid... yeah cops chicago has one of the highest murder rates in the country.... GO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT INSTEAD. what cowards
Update on Chris Drew as he faces the fight of his life -- he was recently diagnosed with Lung Cancer, the trial is postpostponed during his treatments, scheduled for July 11, 2011:
Come out to support him, help distribute free patches and get an art patch!
front entrance of Artropolis, Merchandise Mart Sat 4/30/2011 12-7pm
May Day May 1, 2011, Sat Haymarket Square, Randolph and Desplaines event free 9-12 printing
May Day March and Rally - free workshop- join- Contact Chris 773-678-7545
This man is facing 15 years of imprisonment for THAT.
Churchill said: "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life".
And here we have a perfect example of how a regular citizen can defeat his "enemy" by helping to abolish an utterly unfair "law". Civilization is based on these. And they will keep coming. It´s up to us to keep pushing through it, to keep helping the men who are pushing harder.
They Arrested Sone Inocent Man For Doing NO Harm To Anyone Or Anything, When There Is Murder, Robbery, Rape, And Other Horrible Things Going On...And Yet They Waste Their Time Arresting Someone Inocent Guy!
WOW, the poor man did nothing to hurt anyone or to bother anyone, he was just there on the street trying to sell his work :(
and then a police officer comes along bored thinking- oh hey, theres an innocent old man selling art, imma go arrest him now and be a hero for saving the fucking world from an INNOCENT MAN WHO DID NOTHING WRONG
That's amazing, way to go officer, you just caught one of the most notorious criminals of chicago. I'm so glad you called in back up, better to be safe than sorry!!! Now I can walk into Maceys and get robbed knowing that bad guy is in cuffs and feel safer about it!
Society humans are only good for Economic use, and they know nothing else! they made it multicultural, but can not deal with the 1001 different formed humans, because they never had School for That! To understand= to see through! Be mad at the situation, be not mad at any creature, all are to blame, or none.
Wheeeew! I'm sure glad that guy is off the streets. But what about those other boys dressed in black millitary uniform. Are those the "good" guys ? Why were they digging in the mans pockets ? AND EVERYONE JUST KEEPS WALKING BY.
Yeah you could tell it was a "major crime" since all of those cops (seven cops, right?) jumped on the guy filming immediately! Wait they didn't do that, did they? They didn't even notice the guy filming, right?
@mydogR3X no i am i don't got out and break the law deliberately . and since my brother is a cop and damn sure now when to take the advice of officers to avoid getting arrested.
you clearly have some serious mental issues if an officer gives you a chance not to go to jail for breaking the law and you don't listen to him and then gripe about it after you are arrested.
BTW the guy had been asked to move 2 other times from other store fronts that day.he got what he wanted...ATTENTION
@NOHOAXERS Please do not try to uphold the actions of a few pigs. The guy was selling art where HE wanted to sell his art and it was only $1 a piece. Nothing wrong with that at all.
!! NOTICE !! - "The Constitution is a charter of negative liberties; it tells the state to let the people alone,it does not require the federal government or the states to provide services, even so elementary a service as maintaining law and order." Bowers v Devito, 686 F.2nd 616. Stop the liers (lawyers) and thieves -> marcstevens. net
@PatrioticFront A permit for what, being a human being? Who proclaims a free individual has to have a permit? Do you enjoy selling your soul to profit bankers and government so your masters can tell you that you have the privilege to do something?
Yes, so clearly staged. Brilliant...crawl back in the hole of facist you came out of.
I keep trying to tell my family what's going on in this country. F'ing unbelievable. And I'm not a soft-head liberal, not by a long shot. In fact, more and more it's the libs who are taking our freedoms away..they are the new Nazis.
Chris Drew, a Chicago artist, was arrested in December of 2009 for selling art on the streets without a peddler’s license and for recording his encounter with the police. He faces 15 years in prison because he didn’t get permission from the cops
SAY GOODBYE AMERICA AND HELLO COMMUNIST CHINA/RUSSIA/NORTH KNOREA,SOMEONE PLEASE KILL THOSE SCUM FUCKING COPS,ALL THE PEOPLE HAD TO DO WAS MASS UP IN A GROUP GO OVER THER AND SAY GET THE FUCK OUT YOU ASSHOLE PIGS,FREEDOM ISNT FREE ANYMORE IS
This is just more evidence that America is now a classic Police State. The people have no right to free speech and law enforcement lords over us because they are our masters. I recommend that the reader research “Operation Paperclip” to see how Nazi strategies for dealing with the population were adopted by the US government. America is gone.
Chigago Cops you are completing the runination of a once free nation & taking away your own rights!!!! - How stupid are you 'boys'....... you are now corrupt the same as North Korea....
WHAT THE FUCK??? Is this the USA for real??? I left a long time ago and my memories were good. People had a lot of freedom back then. Now it appears to be a total nazi police state. I'm glad I left for good.
The African pan handlers are so aggressive and out of control in Chicago it is beyond criminal.This video clearly demonstrates a finely tuned Israeli system. Chicago had over 300 shootings in July of 2010 alone, yet this is the type of police work you can expect from law enforcement. Chicago is a sanctuary city that plays a key role in illegitimate voting and elections. Illinois is bankrupt morally and financially and will end up being a hybrid of Detroit or California -a bankrupt lethal toilet
where is all this freedom our boys are supposedly dying for? the man is trying to make an honest buck in this great depression. would the cops rather he be selling drugs or robbing people? how do they sleep at night? i hope justice prevails. sickening.
TIME TO TURN THE TABLES! - IF COPS AREN'T DOING ANYTHING WRONG THEN THEY HAVE NO REASON TO OBJECT TO BEING TAPED BUT SINCE THEY INTEND TO VIOLATE YOUR CIVIL RIGHTS, THEY DON'T WANT EVIDENCE OF THEIR CRIMES BEING RECORDED! THE POLICE STATE ARE THE REAL TERRORISTS!
The police are the worst criminal element of our society. Recording any interaction with the violent gangmembers behind badges is absolutely neccessary, because the police routinely violate the law and citizen's rights and then they lie about it. The police are actually trained to lie. This is an admitted fact. The only reason the police would be against recording is because they have something to hide. Screw them. On the job = On the record.
I don't know who Chris Drew is but they arrest an old man peddling crappy art for $1 while in Chicago there are worse scumbags like Rahm Emmanuel who commit worse crimes than that. All those cops looked a little dissapointed when they couldn't shoot or taser him because he didn't resist arrest. Cops are a waste of tax dollars.
THE TEENS, AND ADULTS IN CHICAGO ARE TRAINED TO SUBMIT.
100X'S A DAY YOU SEE A SQUAD PULL UP ON A GROUP OF PEOPLE, AND THEY AUTOMATICALLY PUT UP THE ARMS AND ASSUME THE POSITION ON THE WALL OR THE COP CAR...THIS IS NORMAL BEHAVIOR FOR OUR GASTOPO PIGS IN CHICAGO....YOU DONT GET ANY REAL IMPRESSION FROM THIS VIDEO.
Nothing scares cops more than video cameras -- it's like garlic to a vampire. This case is BULLPOOP -- throw this out of court right away. Fifteen years? Sounds like what makes the grass green. FIJA -- FULLY INFORMED JURY ASSOCIATION -- the US jury system is a BASTION against tyranny, which means you do not have to listen to what the judge or DA wants -- it's up to the JURY to decide, and JURY NULLIFICATION is an important concept every US citizen ought to be familiar with!!!
The American people are under constant surveillance, but avg. joes cannot videotape or record cops on a PUBLIC street. BTW- How many cops does it take to arrest a non-violent old man anyway?
We have no freedoms left in this nation. Time for Americans to wake up.
@studiosinger read a book man. I really hope you do. It might help you. Even the ancient Greeks knew about ethics and morals. Are you REALLY 50 years old?
TAXPAYERS! REALize that this Old Man was Arrested for trying to sell ART for $1.00 by 7 well paid PEACE OFFICERS with a Starting salary of $43,104, in a State and nation w/ severe budget problems, The Salary is increased to $55,723 after one year and an additional increase to $57,744 after 18 months. In addition to these base salaries, there is overtime earning, holiday pay, night differential and uniform allowance. PLUS the Cost for the Dispatcher / Jail/ Court/ Vehicles/ Gas/ Insurance/ etc
These cops are real losers. Delusional to boot. What are they really doing? Nothing of any value to the public. I think when all is said and done, the public will have it out with these crooks violating our U.S. Constitution with color of law. He did nothing unlawful.
hahah america " home of the free" what a joke your home of the retards, home of the brainwashed, and home of the _myowngovernmentkilled3000ofitsownin9/11_
I don't see how it can be a crime when filming CIVIL SERVANTS who are on PUBLIC STREETS! This law is bullshit! We pay these jerk offs for their services and therefore they are subject to our scrutiny!
he was warned to leave as he was not allowed to sell there. If everyone could sell anywhere, there would be street peddlers all over the streets of every major city causing congestion, chaos and more disarray then we already have in this world. What good is society without rules? His actions are similar to that of a child with no concept for law and order and how it applies to human nature.
@touchogrey Ok, why the handcuffs. Why the possible 15 year jail sentence. How about a 1000 dollar fine. If you think handcuffs and 15 years jail is in any way reasonable, when rapists, pedophiles, murderers get less than 5 in some cases, you have major mental issues.
@MrSmibby you don't HONESTLY believe he's going to get anywhere NEAR 15 years for this do you? Do you even believe he'll get more than 6months? And the handcuffs - because he REFUSED to move from the premises. They clearly waited a LONG time for him and his childish actions.
i thought they meant the singer christopher drew at first, glad its not him. Its stupid that you can park a car in a stores parking lot with a for sale sign and you can sell stuff of your front lawn but you cant sell art for a dollar off the street
chicago is now one of the most dangerous cities in the US and the murder rate has increased. how about instead of sending 6 cops to take care of an old man selling art, we put our taxes to better use and send them to find the real criminals.
@rockerfella3000 the real criminals are in office, they make the laws that suppress you. these cops are their support group. there are just laws, but everyone of them are slowly being taken away. this man is doing something about it, yet some of the posters on here are calling him an idiot. they will be kissing his feet in the future for doing it, or they will be laying in a grave either way he is doing something now before its to late. when will they get up off their asses and do something?
I love how there was 8 cops on the scene for one old man selling his art for a dollar a piece, yet if I picked up my phone right now and called 911, one maybe two units would come to my house. Unbelievable.
It makes me sick that the test to become a police officer looks for just ONE single personality type. Despite your physical or intellectual results, you will not be hired if your personality does not match the correct type.
Look where it's gotten us. A bunch of Good Ol' Boys with double digit IQs, more concerned with their jobs than our rights.
Fuck them. Fuck them all. Things need to change soon.
@MetalOnAPlane they need obedient slaves who will not question the status quo... same as the military do. Wheres the problem ? One day they will employ robots.. ( they do now actually.. as you can see.)
wow, 8 cops for 1 person? what a waste of resources. sure, go after the dude not doing shit, while a few blocks down there's probably someone getting robbed or killed. fuckin' pigs.
@madpalX This doesn't prove anything. I've seen hundreds of hippie artists try to pull stuff like this. It has nothing to do with free speech. You cannot sell anything on the public streets of the city of Chicago without a license. That's the law, get over it.
@mizzoo3131 Actually, if you listen at the very end of the recording, you can hear the bucket boys continuing to play, as it is not EVERYWHERE, but in front of MACY'S (or should I say Marshall Field's) that this selling is disallowed, and it was MACY'S that called the law on Chris AND the bucket boys who just went elsewhere where they were tolerated.
in the meantime all types of real crime is going on in the city, and they need 8 cops for a guy selling art, what happen to capitalism and free market, oh that must just be for the corparations
Thank goodness those big strong police protected all the innocent shoppers from being diverted from Macy's by authentic handmade art! It was a real threat- but our streets are safe now.
JEEEZ -- Chris is right...How many cops DOES it take to arrest an artist? Love the pack that meandered by and then back on their merry way down State (I'm so tempted to say something about donuts and Xmas shopping but I'm not gonna go there). I'm all the way out here in San Fran and I wish I could've been there today for the hearing. Stay strong Chris!
Also, I'd like to point out the distinction between peddlers and artists - peddlers are merely merchants without a "store" while artists are engaging in First Amendment protected activities - even if they are selling their work. Peddlers have some rights under the 5th & 14th Amendments, but more substantive rights under the Laws of Nations (international human rights). Artists' rights are defined more fully in the US case law, so Mr. Drew has a pretty good chance at a lawsuit.
to 666May - Mr. Drew is a martyr who has sacrificed his own personal freedom to protect our most precious right: Freedom of Speech. Without brave people like him, people like us couldn't post our criticisms on You Tube.
to handofdust - interestingly, he was arrested in front of Macy's, who got its start not as a brick and mortar store, but as a street peddler in the Lower East Side of NY.
I don't want Chris to have to go as far as to be a modern day martyr. That might be a little melodramatic. I hope, however, that his efforts are rewarded. He was kept seven hours before they told him he was charged with "eavesdropping."
I'm not happy that the arrest was just boring. I wish that it attracted more attention in a good way. His next court date is the 30th of December at 26th and California. Thanks to everyone who showed up at the hearing today. Let's keep branching out.
Also, the recording charge is bullshit. These policemen are on a public street and thus have no expectation of privacy. And they record people all the time with no consent. Funny that they didnt arrest the person recording this whole event.
When police can't even be bothered to peacably resolve a situation (they couldve nicely asked him to leave), that is when we near the attitudes that everyone calls Gestapo. 7 cops too for this one petty crime? What a worthless group of thugs.
What nuisance?? Are people so self-important that they can't be bothered to see poor people in a public space? He's hawking his wares just like the stores around him, only unlike them he's doing it to survive. People are so inhumane, they wish they could remove any trace of poverty from their line of sight just so they don't have to consider how terrible it must be. The guy is 6 decades old and as far as I can tell isn't menacing anyone.
It seems reasonable to be arrested if you refuse to stop peddling--I can't see the first amendment granting a right to set up a storefront and sell things in any public place. The real issue here is that he is being charged with felony eavesdropping for having a running Olympus audio recorder in his pocket at the time, tape recording the event without the consent of the officers. This is an absolute crock and total abuse of prosecutorial and police power that should be condemned..
These officers are traitors. They are sworn to protect our freedom and safety. This country is vonderba. The Nazis didn't loose the war. They just changed the color of their uniforms.
And he's facing up to 15 years for recording a police officer. If you think you live in a free country, you're dreaming.
sef650 1 week ago
well damn might as well bring the whole police station.!-_-
elpollo992 1 month ago
Lol
this is the first time where ill allow myself to say
" eff da police!!!"
soOperWillyTron9000 2 months ago 2
LIVE IN PHILIPPINES MY LOVE. DO EVERYTHING U WANT
sosytai 5 months ago 4
Dear America,
I'm really happy that I'm not living there.
Seraturedalene 5 months ago 19
aaah... corruption are in all the world ¬¬
LuisDawsonW 5 months ago
and this is why america is complete and utter bulltshit :/ proves government is tryign to take away our rights. he wasnt doing anything wrong.
xxsorrowdemonxx 5 months ago
Big brother is watching you.....
alen209 5 months ago
Cops was like No Dont Sell That Sell a Fucking Donut
mhalqungchristine14 6 months ago
7 cops to arrest an old guy for art?? Wow they must feel good about that one..F
uck you CPD!!
troopermyke99 6 months ago 4
These are pig cops. We are not free.
solidcaptainfalcon 6 months ago
Wow fuck them
robinjonk 6 months ago
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burn413 7 months ago
Aww ):
What's wrong with that?
Selling art is illegal?
How in the..
That's screwed up in the head.
x3PringleLOVE 8 months ago
FASCIST ALERT!!
Mannyboyyyyy 8 months ago
Health Summary – Direct message from C. Drew : My lung cancer treatments are completed and all signs suggest successfully. In a month tests will reveal more on my progress. Every day I will be recovering more and more from these treatments and the Screen Print Workshop for Artists is back in full swing. Please stop through and help us print and build for our local and national exhibits of the Art Patch Project.
madpalX 8 months ago
@madpalX
GREAT update News! Uptown Multicultural Arts Center, with Chris Drew, Exec.Dir of this grassroots organization
is this Weekend featured, and silkscreening patches during Jul 29, 30 and 31 stop by, see Chris and the free speech movement Alive and Well! Original art t shirts and patches on site! come by! new video posted soon.
madpalX 7 months ago
I'm so confused what's going on! and some comment says he has LUNG CANCER??? is that real what's happening??
GibsonIsMyBear 8 months ago
@TheAdmirerLove Yes, in this video he’s selling art. However, this man was arrested and is facing up to 10 to 15 years in prison for videotaping one of his encounters with the police; I don’t know if it was this video?? His crime as I said, videotaping the police in public performing their tax paid duty. This man now has Lung Cancer, and the State, the wonder State has been so nice to postpone his court case so that he can receive chemo.
biorgymd 8 months ago
HE DID NOTHING WRONG STUPID COPS> GOSH
anniewrightpeople 9 months ago
He was just selling art, what's wrong whit that??!
GinaFrederix 9 months ago
INSANE
MrRiggyRiggs 9 months ago
I have a question? So can we assume that it would be illegal to video tape and record a political rally? Let’s say Obama’s Presidential Victory speech, how many people where there in Chicago in Grant Park with video cameras recording his speech. I’m sure it was in the thousands, just YouTube it. If this man is arrested for such, then all the people who recorded Obama’s Presidential Victory Speech should be arrested as well.
biorgymd 9 months ago
Welcome to the Free land.. This F**UP country is going down... and nobody seems to hear or see anything
alboss13 9 months ago
wow the fact that they are arresting that man makes america look so fucking stupid... yeah cops chicago has one of the highest murder rates in the country.... GO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT INSTEAD. what cowards
nataliewheeleryo 9 months ago
Update on Chris Drew as he faces the fight of his life -- he was recently diagnosed with Lung Cancer, the trial is postpostponed during his treatments, scheduled for July 11, 2011:
Come out to support him, help distribute free patches and get an art patch!
front entrance of Artropolis, Merchandise Mart Sat 4/30/2011 12-7pm
May Day May 1, 2011, Sat Haymarket Square, Randolph and Desplaines event free 9-12 printing
May Day March and Rally - free workshop- join- Contact Chris 773-678-7545
madpalX 10 months ago 2
This man is facing 15 years of imprisonment for THAT.
Churchill said: "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life".
And here we have a perfect example of how a regular citizen can defeat his "enemy" by helping to abolish an utterly unfair "law". Civilization is based on these. And they will keep coming. It´s up to us to keep pushing through it, to keep helping the men who are pushing harder.
1650million 10 months ago
WTF?????
granmaestre98 10 months ago
I hope they didn't take him to Cook county jail. That place is the 13th circle of hell.
DrWmPierceAudio 10 months ago
BURN BABYLON BURN! THIS IS SICKENING
rhinoharp 10 months ago
They Arrested Sone Inocent Man For Doing NO Harm To Anyone Or Anything, When There Is Murder, Robbery, Rape, And Other Horrible Things Going On...And Yet They Waste Their Time Arresting Someone Inocent Guy!
sillysocks407 10 months ago
he was arrested on my birthdayy, that makes me sadd.):
Aririkateku2 10 months ago
;[i feel so bad when i see people on the street ;[ give to the poor! <3
lpsgirl9109 10 months ago
hes trying to earn a living LEAVE HIM THE FUCK ALONE, ta bbz.
RachelStyles1D 10 months ago
poor dude :((
lessdan3000 11 months ago
WOW, the poor man did nothing to hurt anyone or to bother anyone, he was just there on the street trying to sell his work :(
and then a police officer comes along bored thinking- oh hey, theres an innocent old man selling art, imma go arrest him now and be a hero for saving the fucking world from an INNOCENT MAN WHO DID NOTHING WRONG
Good job superman, your a hero...
peacelovejoyXOX 11 months ago 3
And that is why Chicago sucks. It is the most corrupted city in the world.
ChocolateFrappucino 11 months ago
i feel bad, the guy did nothing wrong >.<
MrInternetNerd 11 months ago
COPS like these suck....
Kilendger 11 months ago
i live in chicago and i saw that dude [x
aly5225 11 months ago
I bet this get put on the Chicago episode of COPS!! haha
bsamusement 1 year ago
That's amazing, way to go officer, you just caught one of the most notorious criminals of chicago. I'm so glad you called in back up, better to be safe than sorry!!! Now I can walk into Maceys and get robbed knowing that bad guy is in cuffs and feel safer about it!
bsamusement 1 year ago
OplossenNu 1 year ago
His biggest mistake was not giving the Daley people their cut in the sales.
TruthSeekingHoosier 1 year ago
Wheeeew! I'm sure glad that guy is off the streets. But what about those other boys dressed in black millitary uniform. Are those the "good" guys ? Why were they digging in the mans pockets ? AND EVERYONE JUST KEEPS WALKING BY.
pachuansam 1 year ago
Yeah you could tell it was a "major crime" since all of those cops (seven cops, right?) jumped on the guy filming immediately! Wait they didn't do that, did they? They didn't even notice the guy filming, right?
ArrestAJudgeKit 1 year ago
@NOHOAXERS funny how you NO approve of SLAVERY by refusing Man his ability to peacefully barter his tallents. You are a good NAZI...
mydogR3X 1 year ago
@mydogR3X no i am i don't got out and break the law deliberately . and since my brother is a cop and damn sure now when to take the advice of officers to avoid getting arrested.
you clearly have some serious mental issues if an officer gives you a chance not to go to jail for breaking the law and you don't listen to him and then gripe about it after you are arrested.
BTW the guy had been asked to move 2 other times from other store fronts that day.he got what he wanted...ATTENTION
NOHOAXERS 1 year ago
@NOHOAXERS UR BRODA AIN NO COP U AIN GOT NO BRODA
NOHOAXERSMOM 1 year ago
@NOHOAXERS Please do not try to uphold the actions of a few pigs. The guy was selling art where HE wanted to sell his art and it was only $1 a piece. Nothing wrong with that at all.
TheZackandSteveShow 9 months ago 10
@mydogR3X DUN BE TALKIN TA MUH SUN DAT WAY.
NOHOAXERSMOM 1 year ago
!! NOTICE !! - "The Constitution is a charter of negative liberties; it tells the state to let the people alone,it does not require the federal government or the states to provide services, even so elementary a service as maintaining law and order." Bowers v Devito, 686 F.2nd 616. Stop the liers (lawyers) and thieves -> marcstevens. net
mydogR3X 1 year ago
i hate you!
bwesome 1 year ago
this is wrong!!
frnzkuester 1 year ago
Chicago has too many cops and not enough criminals. They have to invent them.
Sally0h 1 year ago
Illegal pat down, illegal arrest.
TheConspiracyRealist 1 year ago
This is outrages!
Andreinmd 1 year ago
That's eff'd up..
TheSkarri 1 year ago
police state sucks
digitalbeat 1 year ago
The cop warned him to leave, you cant sell stuff here on the street without a permit,
the dumb ass can go get a permit, or he can leave,
instead he is bored that the Iraq war protests/partys are over with, so he does this to brag to his communist buddies.
All staged.
PatrioticFront 1 year ago
@PatrioticFront A permit for what, being a human being? Who proclaims a free individual has to have a permit? Do you enjoy selling your soul to profit bankers and government so your masters can tell you that you have the privilege to do something?
Yes, so clearly staged. Brilliant...crawl back in the hole of facist you came out of.
xKenseixX 1 year ago
I keep trying to tell my family what's going on in this country. F'ing unbelievable. And I'm not a soft-head liberal, not by a long shot. In fact, more and more it's the libs who are taking our freedoms away..they are the new Nazis.
dream7184 1 year ago 3
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dream7184 1 year ago
Barry Soetoro's and Rahm Emanual's stomping ground.... welcome to Chinerica.
cloudranch 1 year ago 2
Tax dollars at work.
AnotherNutJob 1 year ago
Chris Drew, a Chicago artist, was arrested in December of 2009 for selling art on the streets without a peddler’s license and for recording his encounter with the police. He faces 15 years in prison because he didn’t get permission from the cops
just4funzees 1 year ago
SAY GOODBYE AMERICA AND HELLO COMMUNIST CHINA/RUSSIA/NORTH KNOREA,SOMEONE PLEASE KILL THOSE SCUM FUCKING COPS,ALL THE PEOPLE HAD TO DO WAS MASS UP IN A GROUP GO OVER THER AND SAY GET THE FUCK OUT YOU ASSHOLE PIGS,FREEDOM ISNT FREE ANYMORE IS
METALLICA6547 1 year ago
As is not that unusual, the law is completely wrong in every way and needs to be changed. Simple really isn't it?
just4funzees 1 year ago
this is insane. why would he be at risk of 15 years just for voice-recording the arrest? he shouldnt have even been hasseled for selling his art.
nextdoor2her 1 year ago
wow thats ridiculous this is really turning into a police state
cnotes5 1 year ago
This is just more evidence that America is now a classic Police State. The people have no right to free speech and law enforcement lords over us because they are our masters. I recommend that the reader research “Operation Paperclip” to see how Nazi strategies for dealing with the population were adopted by the US government. America is gone.
ChristianPeper 1 year ago
Chigago Cops you are completing the runination of a once free nation & taking away your own rights!!!! - How stupid are you 'boys'....... you are now corrupt the same as North Korea....
InTheStars1000 1 year ago
WHAT THE FUCK??? Is this the USA for real??? I left a long time ago and my memories were good. People had a lot of freedom back then. Now it appears to be a total nazi police state. I'm glad I left for good.
felicity5155 1 year ago
Y do the pigs swarm him like that
crotchshotradioshow 1 year ago
The African pan handlers are so aggressive and out of control in Chicago it is beyond criminal.This video clearly demonstrates a finely tuned Israeli system. Chicago had over 300 shootings in July of 2010 alone, yet this is the type of police work you can expect from law enforcement. Chicago is a sanctuary city that plays a key role in illegitimate voting and elections. Illinois is bankrupt morally and financially and will end up being a hybrid of Detroit or California -a bankrupt lethal toilet
roughwaytogo 1 year ago 2
where is all this freedom our boys are supposedly dying for? the man is trying to make an honest buck in this great depression. would the cops rather he be selling drugs or robbing people? how do they sleep at night? i hope justice prevails. sickening.
burdog309 1 year ago 3
Why doesn't this apply to the paparazzi and reporters? The cops just got sick of being busted doing their dirty deeds.
monicaangrand 1 year ago
WHY DID HE GET ARRESTD.HES AN INNOCENT ARTIST.MORE POWER T HIM.X
gwhtf4 1 year ago
You can't sell your art here, but we're not going to do a thing about that annoying drumming going on behind you.
stalker117 1 year ago
TIME TO TURN THE TABLES! - IF COPS AREN'T DOING ANYTHING WRONG THEN THEY HAVE NO REASON TO OBJECT TO BEING TAPED BUT SINCE THEY INTEND TO VIOLATE YOUR CIVIL RIGHTS, THEY DON'T WANT EVIDENCE OF THEIR CRIMES BEING RECORDED! THE POLICE STATE ARE THE REAL TERRORISTS!
Vox863 1 year ago 30
F(_)CKING pigs. Go find a real criminal.
ronaldoelpaso 1 year ago
The police are the worst criminal element of our society. Recording any interaction with the violent gangmembers behind badges is absolutely neccessary, because the police routinely violate the law and citizen's rights and then they lie about it. The police are actually trained to lie. This is an admitted fact. The only reason the police would be against recording is because they have something to hide. Screw them. On the job = On the record.
schlubber215 1 year ago 2
7 cops for an artist arrest? No wonder our cities are broke & violent crimes go unsolved.
999Atwood 1 year ago 33
I don't know who Chris Drew is but they arrest an old man peddling crappy art for $1 while in Chicago there are worse scumbags like Rahm Emmanuel who commit worse crimes than that. All those cops looked a little dissapointed when they couldn't shoot or taser him because he didn't resist arrest. Cops are a waste of tax dollars.
dazed80s 1 year ago
Man don't you love living in the land of the free err I mean slaves
milltownballer15 1 year ago
"A gov't powerful enough to give you anything you want is powerful enough to take everything you have" - Thomas Jefferson
yakyakyak69 1 year ago 3
This vid gave me a sick feeling
I know tyranny is real
Nice touch calling him buddy right before you put him in cuffs
nowzthetime 1 year ago 2
wow they reallly need 10 fucking pig cops to arrest 1 guy for no reason??? this is our tax dollars at work people!!!!!!!!!!!!
obSCENEoneTW0 1 year ago
THE TEENS, AND ADULTS IN CHICAGO ARE TRAINED TO SUBMIT.
100X'S A DAY YOU SEE A SQUAD PULL UP ON A GROUP OF PEOPLE, AND THEY AUTOMATICALLY PUT UP THE ARMS AND ASSUME THE POSITION ON THE WALL OR THE COP CAR...THIS IS NORMAL BEHAVIOR FOR OUR GASTOPO PIGS IN CHICAGO....YOU DONT GET ANY REAL IMPRESSION FROM THIS VIDEO.
13AJJONES 1 year ago
Nothing scares cops more than video cameras -- it's like garlic to a vampire. This case is BULLPOOP -- throw this out of court right away. Fifteen years? Sounds like what makes the grass green. FIJA -- FULLY INFORMED JURY ASSOCIATION -- the US jury system is a BASTION against tyranny, which means you do not have to listen to what the judge or DA wants -- it's up to the JURY to decide, and JURY NULLIFICATION is an important concept every US citizen ought to be familiar with!!!
xwagner76 1 year ago
The American people are under constant surveillance, but avg. joes cannot videotape or record cops on a PUBLIC street. BTW- How many cops does it take to arrest a non-violent old man anyway?
We have no freedoms left in this nation. Time for Americans to wake up.
FORMETOKNOWONLY 1 year ago 2
RECORD THE POLICE 100% OF THE TIME.
They record us, we record them. We have a 1st. Amendment to protect our 4th. Amendment.
V is for Victory!
kungfujellybean 1 year ago 2
Someone ship in the guillotines and lets rock and roll!
studiosinger 1 year ago
Chicago you are fucked
nottinmatterz2day 1 year ago
Fat lazy cops cant even stop the violence in chicago. just arrest the citizens
NOTORIOUSPRINCE 1 year ago
Those cops in the earliest frames are clearly retards with low IQ's.
studiosinger 1 year ago
@studiosinger read a book man. I really hope you do. It might help you. Even the ancient Greeks knew about ethics and morals. Are you REALLY 50 years old?
touchogrey 1 year ago
TAXPAYERS! REALize that this Old Man was Arrested for trying to sell ART for $1.00 by 7 well paid PEACE OFFICERS with a Starting salary of $43,104, in a State and nation w/ severe budget problems, The Salary is increased to $55,723 after one year and an additional increase to $57,744 after 18 months. In addition to these base salaries, there is overtime earning, holiday pay, night differential and uniform allowance. PLUS the Cost for the Dispatcher / Jail/ Court/ Vehicles/ Gas/ Insurance/ etc
theowlsnest 1 year ago 3
These cops are real losers. Delusional to boot. What are they really doing? Nothing of any value to the public. I think when all is said and done, the public will have it out with these crooks violating our U.S. Constitution with color of law. He did nothing unlawful.
studiosinger 1 year ago
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theowlsnest 1 year ago
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theowlsnest 1 year ago 2
It took FIVE (5) sturdy police officers to detain a single free artist?
Fascism at it's finest. F'm all.
shigatsuningen 1 year ago
hahah america " home of the free" what a joke your home of the retards, home of the brainwashed, and home of the _myowngovernmentkilled3000ofitsownin9/11_
kebabrullemums 1 year ago
FUCK UNJUST LAWS! Research the New World Order! DOOOO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!!! Stop sitting down! STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS!
SunnyLovetts 1 year ago
I don't see how it can be a crime when filming CIVIL SERVANTS who are on PUBLIC STREETS! This law is bullshit! We pay these jerk offs for their services and therefore they are subject to our scrutiny!
DemonDik 1 year ago
12 states have criminalized capturing images of people without their consent?
Did these twelve states remove all security cameras recording in public areas? What about the dash cams in police vehicles?
lughcious 1 year ago
Unbelieveable, FASCISM is NOT just a bloke talking to you with a little TASH, but this video is:
The elite are doing the totalitarian tip toe technique, slowly so the sheeple dont luck up from the TV!!
WAKE UP FOLKS!!
THINK, BEFORE THATS ILLIGAL!!
"When the state of mind is the Mind of the STATE, you know you've been deceived!"
ericsonny 1 year ago
Unbelieveable, FASCISM is NOT just a bloke talking to you with a little TASH, but this video is:
The elite are doing the totalitarian tip toe technique, slowly so the sheeple dont luck up from the TV!!
WAKE UP FOLKS!!
THINK, BEFORE THATS ILLIGAL!!
"When the state of mind is the Mind of the STATE, you know you've been deceived!"
ericsonny 1 year ago
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ericsonny 1 year ago 2
It only gets worse from here folks, welcome to hell.
MrSmibby 1 year ago
This guy is looking at a 15 year sentence for "recording the police."
And these pigs wonder why people don't like them.
And why people have zero respect for them
And why when they die in the "line of duty," most normal people couldn't give a crap.
Cops are disturbed, and they are disturbing.
Judges are worse.
And "law makers" are worse still.
shawnfella 1 year ago
he was warned to leave as he was not allowed to sell there. If everyone could sell anywhere, there would be street peddlers all over the streets of every major city causing congestion, chaos and more disarray then we already have in this world. What good is society without rules? His actions are similar to that of a child with no concept for law and order and how it applies to human nature.
touchogrey 1 year ago
@touchogrey Ok, why the handcuffs. Why the possible 15 year jail sentence. How about a 1000 dollar fine. If you think handcuffs and 15 years jail is in any way reasonable, when rapists, pedophiles, murderers get less than 5 in some cases, you have major mental issues.
MrSmibby 1 year ago
@MrSmibby you don't HONESTLY believe he's going to get anywhere NEAR 15 years for this do you? Do you even believe he'll get more than 6months? And the handcuffs - because he REFUSED to move from the premises. They clearly waited a LONG time for him and his childish actions.
Think about it...
touchogrey 1 year ago
If someone would start a petition regarding such laws, be sure to get in touch with the artist community.
MrMrQuestionstoo 1 year ago
was that many officers necessary
snakeskin7657 1 year ago
@snakeskin7657 Was any officers necessary?
SunnyLovetts 1 year ago
i thought they meant the singer christopher drew at first, glad its not him. Its stupid that you can park a car in a stores parking lot with a for sale sign and you can sell stuff of your front lawn but you cant sell art for a dollar off the street
gothbunny4455 1 year ago 3
i like how they need 6 cops to watch this guy
9venti9 1 year ago 2
Arrested for that ? These cops need to be worried about people selling drugs and guns not art !
Sombodyheresme123 1 year ago
what??? so only the rich people can sell??? god i hate democracy.
iloveattekid 1 year ago
chicago is now one of the most dangerous cities in the US and the murder rate has increased. how about instead of sending 6 cops to take care of an old man selling art, we put our taxes to better use and send them to find the real criminals.
rockerfella3000 1 year ago 47
@rockerfella3000 the real criminals are in office, they make the laws that suppress you. these cops are their support group. there are just laws, but everyone of them are slowly being taken away. this man is doing something about it, yet some of the posters on here are calling him an idiot. they will be kissing his feet in the future for doing it, or they will be laying in a grave either way he is doing something now before its to late. when will they get up off their asses and do something?
dukke61 1 year ago
@rockerfella3000 zing
youcreatea 1 year ago
A crime with no victim is not a crime at all.
I love how there was 8 cops on the scene for one old man selling his art for a dollar a piece, yet if I picked up my phone right now and called 911, one maybe two units would come to my house. Unbelievable.
x13nick13x 1 year ago
Excellent waste of taxpayers money. The streets are so much safer now:)
johnw456 1 year ago 2
It makes me sick that the test to become a police officer looks for just ONE single personality type. Despite your physical or intellectual results, you will not be hired if your personality does not match the correct type.
Look where it's gotten us. A bunch of Good Ol' Boys with double digit IQs, more concerned with their jobs than our rights.
Fuck them. Fuck them all. Things need to change soon.
MetalOnAPlane 1 year ago 16
@MetalOnAPlane they need obedient slaves who will not question the status quo... same as the military do. Wheres the problem ? One day they will employ robots.. ( they do now actually.. as you can see.)
europeandrifter 1 year ago
wtf, so many cop for a guy that isnt even doing anything bad. Why dont the cops go and lookout for crime and give help soemwhere where it is NEEDED!
aman00777 1 year ago
wow...
omid11 1 year ago
look at the shit smile on the cops face farthest to the right
cops should get whats really bothering america, fucking assholes
Snaffle 1 year ago 4
fat pigs
0synesthete0 1 year ago
@0synesthete0 in this town any jackass can be a cop. video proves that.
c0wz 1 year ago
@doyoubelive22
you can check out his blog for his updates at
C.Drew-Street Artist Adventures
the link is posted at the end of most of the videos, sorry cannot put
a link in this post
madpalX 1 year ago
aww poor man.........
mcrss26 1 year ago
8 officers for this poor guy trying to make some money? Glad to see my tax dollars are making a difference in keeping my city safe!
moneyman237952 1 year ago
Cops fail hardcore >_> That's what this says
Alis0n140 1 year ago
yo thats fucked up how nobodys standing up for him wtf is up with pple 2day
shadowgamerxD 1 year ago
wow, 8 cops for 1 person? what a waste of resources. sure, go after the dude not doing shit, while a few blocks down there's probably someone getting robbed or killed. fuckin' pigs.
Henron 1 year ago
Good job police men. arresting a guy trying to make some money while you could of been doing something that really matters.
TheFrail2093 1 year ago
police state 101
TommyLoaded 1 year ago
he does not have the right to check him.he committed no crime.
theres also no reason to arrest him, he was simply standing.
speak up for yourself bro.
People search, "THE LOVE POLICE" on youtube..
ThePowerOfNow1 1 year ago
lmfaoo , what did he do to get arrested?
Jennyz112 1 year ago
@Jennyz112 check out his blog also see the other videos here on youtube
he was selling art for one dollar
madpalX 1 year ago 9
Yes, interesting their names are very close.
Think now, perhaps there is a reason for some thought on this...
There is a popular saying from the 60s by Angela Davis:
"If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you at night"
worth thinking about.
The action of Chris Drew, herein the street artist, is on behalf of all believers in freedom of speech, and first amendment rights.
Old or young, all our lives are intertwined in the universal consciousness.
madpalX 1 year ago 13
@madpalX This doesn't prove anything. I've seen hundreds of hippie artists try to pull stuff like this. It has nothing to do with free speech. You cannot sell anything on the public streets of the city of Chicago without a license. That's the law, get over it.
drumguyrobc 1 year ago
i cant believe they got that many cops to arrest this old man.
yea they really needed 5 cops to control him... i mean look at him, hes outta control dont you agree guys?
mAsoNMuSSoLuvAx3 1 year ago
That is so sad ... Free country and there is nothing wrong with standing up for what your belive in .... Fuck u coppers your SAD .
alisha54189 1 year ago
@mizzoo3131 Actually, if you listen at the very end of the recording, you can hear the bucket boys continuing to play, as it is not EVERYWHERE, but in front of MACY'S (or should I say Marshall Field's) that this selling is disallowed, and it was MACY'S that called the law on Chris AND the bucket boys who just went elsewhere where they were tolerated.
God Damn Macy's!!
MARKETEX 1 year ago
in the meantime all types of real crime is going on in the city, and they need 8 cops for a guy selling art, what happen to capitalism and free market, oh that must just be for the corparations
normb2 1 year ago 7
Its a different Chris Drew.
@VannessaM97
@TotallyRandomRachel
@brendaz27
OztenP 1 year ago
@stoj1961a That is NOT the point of the stunt. Way to ASSume. How about becoming informed before spouting off.
DavidAngelMedina 2 years ago
dam C.P.D. dont have nothing else better to do? we need them more on the south & westsides than anything thats where all the action is at.
26Deacon 2 years ago 2
Thank goodness those big strong police protected all the innocent shoppers from being diverted from Macy's by authentic handmade art! It was a real threat- but our streets are safe now.
yenihart 2 years ago 6
JEEEZ -- Chris is right...How many cops DOES it take to arrest an artist? Love the pack that meandered by and then back on their merry way down State (I'm so tempted to say something about donuts and Xmas shopping but I'm not gonna go there). I'm all the way out here in San Fran and I wish I could've been there today for the hearing. Stay strong Chris!
bowerybetty 2 years ago 4
Also, I'd like to point out the distinction between peddlers and artists - peddlers are merely merchants without a "store" while artists are engaging in First Amendment protected activities - even if they are selling their work. Peddlers have some rights under the 5th & 14th Amendments, but more substantive rights under the Laws of Nations (international human rights). Artists' rights are defined more fully in the US case law, so Mr. Drew has a pretty good chance at a lawsuit.
dachengdao 2 years ago 7
to 666May - Mr. Drew is a martyr who has sacrificed his own personal freedom to protect our most precious right: Freedom of Speech. Without brave people like him, people like us couldn't post our criticisms on You Tube.
to handofdust - interestingly, he was arrested in front of Macy's, who got its start not as a brick and mortar store, but as a street peddler in the Lower East Side of NY.
dachengdao 2 years ago 6
I don't want Chris to have to go as far as to be a modern day martyr. That might be a little melodramatic. I hope, however, that his efforts are rewarded. He was kept seven hours before they told him he was charged with "eavesdropping."
I'm not happy that the arrest was just boring. I wish that it attracted more attention in a good way. His next court date is the 30th of December at 26th and California. Thanks to everyone who showed up at the hearing today. Let's keep branching out.
bucklambsheep 2 years ago 5
A brave artist standing up for every Americans First Amendment rights. This is how all civil rights were gained.
artistpres 2 years ago 43
@artistpres Yes, he is an inspiration and is taking this action for all of us who love our liberties. Thank you, Chris Drew!
EsmereldasGoat 1 year ago
Also, the recording charge is bullshit. These policemen are on a public street and thus have no expectation of privacy. And they record people all the time with no consent. Funny that they didnt arrest the person recording this whole event.
When police can't even be bothered to peacably resolve a situation (they couldve nicely asked him to leave), that is when we near the attitudes that everyone calls Gestapo. 7 cops too for this one petty crime? What a worthless group of thugs.
rabideyemovement 2 years ago 9
actually a total of 9- visible cops. 7 on the scene and 2 for the car that took him away.
madpalX 2 years ago 5
@madpalX and? your point being?
stoj1961a 2 years ago
What nuisance?? Are people so self-important that they can't be bothered to see poor people in a public space? He's hawking his wares just like the stores around him, only unlike them he's doing it to survive. People are so inhumane, they wish they could remove any trace of poverty from their line of sight just so they don't have to consider how terrible it must be. The guy is 6 decades old and as far as I can tell isn't menacing anyone.
rabideyemovement 2 years ago
It seems reasonable to be arrested if you refuse to stop peddling--I can't see the first amendment granting a right to set up a storefront and sell things in any public place. The real issue here is that he is being charged with felony eavesdropping for having a running Olympus audio recorder in his pocket at the time, tape recording the event without the consent of the officers. This is an absolute crock and total abuse of prosecutorial and police power that should be condemned..
handofdust 2 years ago
These officers are traitors. They are sworn to protect our freedom and safety. This country is vonderba. The Nazis didn't loose the war. They just changed the color of their uniforms.
strangemeasure 2 years ago
Once again, Daley's Gestapo have taken down a dangerous criminal/terrorist/gangbanger from the streets of Chicago!!!
ybplain 2 years ago