Chicago artist's protest backfires as he faces 15 years in jail for recording police

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Chicago artist Chris Drew faces 15 years jail because he recorded own arrest | Mail Online

An artist who used a video camera to record being arrested by police is facing up to 15 years in prison.

Chris Drew has been charged with Class 1 felony under the Eavesdropping Act in Chicago, Illinois.

The bemused activist said he did not know anything about the law when he was protesting about restrictions on where artists can sell their work.

This law is so ass-backwards.

1. "Maryland, Illinois and Massachusetts are the only states where it is illegal to record conversations with the police.
In Illinois police are currently prosecuting nine people for alleged breaches of the law."

Read more: Chicago artist Chris Drew faces 15 years jail because he recorded own arrest | Mail Online

2. The Equal Protection Clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, provides that "no state shall ... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws".

3. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others", Animal Farm
 

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