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Dear comrades
So today finally the judge decided to dismiss the ridiculous, stupid
and absurd case which was filled by Commonwealth of Massachusetts
against me for “selling nooses” in front of Bank of America. It ended
the growing absurdity of being a criminal defendant for several
month for just exercising my right to freedom of speech.
It is especially ridiculous since instead of prosecuting those bank
greedy criminals, for causing the suffering for millions of people
who are loosing their homes, the system was trying to punish me for
my critical commentary. I wanted to wake up people to the fact that
if we continue to support the economic system that causes this kind
of suffering for the people we are literally putting a noose around
all of our heads.
I grew up in a totalitarian system which misused the law to prosecute
dissidents for their critical expression. For the government to use
bogus charges to punish artists for their expression is a step toward
that kind of system.
Having performed in many countries around the world (include
totalitarian systems like China and Cuba) I have never experienced so
restrictive and police monitored environment for the street
Performance Art like the USA (I know now everybody is a “terrorist”
or “criminal”)
I would like to thank my lawyer Jeffrey Pyle for his excellent work
in the field of the First Amendment cases.
Long lIve freedom of speech- one of the last hopes we have in this
country.
Milan