The unlawful arrest of busker Andrew Kalleen, who has been performing in NYC subways for years, has created an outrage online, with his arrest having received over 1,000,000 views on YouTube.
Kalleen was acting completely within the confines of the law to perform at the Lorimer Street-Metropolitan Avenue G-train stop in Williamsburg, but he drew the ire of one cop when he stood up for his rights, who arrested him only for his ‘defiance’.
The cop stated that he needed a permit to perform in the subway systems of New York, which actually isn’t true.
The MTA rules reads as follows:
“The following nontransit uses are permitted by the Authority, provided they do not impede transit activities and they are conducted in accordance with these rules: public speaking; campaigning; leafletting or distribution of written noncommercial materials; activities intended to encourage and facilitate voter registration; artistic performances, including the acceptance of donations.”
See the full arrest here:
Fire the donut bag–nothing worse than a dirty cop–except maybe a dirty government. Get a good lawyer and go get some money!
Our cops are getting out of hand. A lot of them need to be retrained
We need to start booing at every instance of cops doing this kind of stuff, it may not sound like it would have much of an effect, but as fellow citizens of these people that are abused by cops, we need to stand up for them, we need to let the cops know our discontent…
You guys should really show what happens as a result of this. I need closure dammit
Cop dont get fired there part of the corruption made by the powers that be
It’s funny how the cop couldn’t handle the singer by himself.. He had to call for back up and people with more weapons…
cops isnt cops any more they are bullys and there department isnt doing anything about it. obama is arming the citys to the teeth for them to help him with what he calls civil unrest that he himself is doing. and the flat foot cops are helping him
All you young people standing around, this is what you all voted for, this is the America you wanted. Now you see as always you don’t know a free king thing. That cop Sucks ass for being a jerk, and as he plays law man now with you and me, he dose nothing with our lawless illegal president and all the people who are allowed into this country illegally. Remember all you bleeding hearts liberal dumb asses, this is what you wanted.
Arrest this idiot BULLY so called cop. REMOVE HIM FROM FREEDOM and from America forever and remove EVERYTHING he has and his family has in this country and give it to the person he ILLEGALLY did this to and throw him in a military jail in another country and when or if he gets out he has to find someplace other than North or south America to live and never be allowed to communicate with anyone in this country ever in any way. if they even talk to him in another country in any way they are deported forever also
Lee that might not be a bad idea