- Chris Drew, street artist and activist, was selling art for $1 in downtown Chicago to protest the Chicago Peddlers Ordinance since he believed Art is Speech, a First Amendment Right. Those charges were dropped and replaced with a serious Class One Felony Eavesdropping charge, for audio recording his own arrest. Nine police officers with a Homeland Security detail arrested him. With 2 pro bono lawyers, he challenged for over 2.5 years in court, The Illinois Eavesdropping Law,which carried a 4 - 15 years in prison if convicted. His case and cause drew nationwide and even international attention. Both traditional and social media covered the unbelievable case of C Drew. This is a true story.—Anonymous
- Chris Drew, artist and activist, was selling art for $1 in downtown Chicago to protest the Chicago Peddlers Ordinance. Unexpectedly, those charges were dropped and replaced with Class One Felony Eavesdropping , for audio recording his own arrest.-caring a 4- 15 years in prison. Peddling should have been a $250 fine that would have given him and his pro bono attorney, Mark Weinberg, the right to challenge the restrictive Peddler's License in court. Instead, it became a criminal charge and another pro bono lawyer, Josh Kutnick stepped up to defend Chris, since it was now a criminal case. He fought for his freedom, life, and the First Amendment, in this highly charged struggle which was in court and the public eye for 2.5 years, local, national and international news. First posting to YouTube, was a video clip I shot the day of the arrest of Chris Drew on State Street - a total of 9 police appeared on the scene to arrest this peaceful man. Largely through Chris' efforts, The Illinois Eavesdropping Law was declared Unconstitutional. Filmed on the streets of Chicago 2009-2012.with historic footage during the anti-war rallies, Occupy movement, NATO. Contains news footage and print media on C drew and the case for over 2.5 years. Including, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, RT, Channel 5, WTTW Ch 11 international media and social media everywhere covered the story. The Illinois Eavesdropping Law was declared UNCONSTITUTIONAL!. This is a true story of when fearless spirit for justice meet an unlikely Constitutional Challenge.
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