Musician arrested for doing nothing

[Will E Worm]

Protest Held In Support Of Subway Musician Arrested In Williamsburg


Fellow musicians are rallying around a subway performer whose arrest in a busy Brooklyn station was captured on video as straphangers jeered the officer.

Andrew Kalleen, 30, was performing Friday at the Lorimer Street-Metropolitan Avenue G-train stop in Williamsburg when an officer told him he must leave the station because he needs a permit to play there. The neighborhood is home to trendy boutiques and cafes patronized by ultrahip residents and tourists who flock there to experience Brooklyn life.

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Every officer should be fired.

Another reason people don't care about police.

 

[Lee Van Queef]

Every officer should be fired.

Glad I'm armed to the teeth and my fangs are 300 grain JHPs.

 

[bobjustbob]

It's called loitering and panhandling. Go find a coffee house to sing in.

Williamsburg was fine when the Jews were there. Who wants hipsters? They can't make free range pastrami sammiches.

 

[Will E Worm]

Glad I'm armed to the teeth and my fangs are 300 grain JHPs.

It's called loitering and panhandling. Go find a coffee house to sing in.

Williamsburg was fine when the Jews were there. Who wants hipsters? They can't make free range pastrami sammiches.

Wrong. :tongue:

 

[Mr. Daystar]

The guy didn't have a permit, he was breaking the law...all he had to do was go and get one...problem solved. Maybe the cops could have put their time to better use, but they are payed to uphold the laws. They don't make them, and they do not have the privilege of enforcing the ones they agree with.

 

[bobjustbob]

Wrong. :tongue:

Obviously you have no idea what goes on in NYC subways. There is crime down there. Quality of life. No different than the squeegee guys at the Holland Tunnel. So he's got a guitar and not dressed like the homeless. These cops don't know who he is. Remember the nuts that were pushing people onto the tracks a few months back?

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

I would've arrested him for looking like a hipster douche bag. That fucking hat and scarf.

 

[Harpsman]

Amazing contrasting opinions - what I love on this board - and why I spend such little precious time in this section.
:1orglaugh

 

[Lee Van Queef]

These guys are Superheroes but where's the heroism? Happens all the time in Hollywood. Freddy Kreuger turns into Ban Ki-Moon attempting to increase the peace.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...alk-of-fame-believe-it-or-not-its-a-turf-war/

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

Wrong. :tongue:

Goddamnit, will. Instead of being a dismissive cunt, offer up a valid rebuttal. Loitering and panhandling are indeed crimes in every metropolitan area and performing without a permit is a crime too. Instead of plugging your ears and saying "I'm not listening, lalalala....." why don't you give anyone who responds just a modicum of tolerance? That actually looks really funny coming from me. But compared to you, I'm Mohandas fucking Gandhi.

 

[dakdak]

so they broke the law and got arrested why do you have a problem with that will?

 

[Will E Worm]

Musician Arrested In NYC Subway After Cop Reads Out Loud Exact Statute That Permits Him To Play

One of NYPD’s finest arrests a man for playing in the subway after he recites the law word for word that allows him to perform for donations.

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NYPD Assault Arrest Musician for Playing a Song Even After Verifying He Hadn’t Broken Any Laws



In a video uploaded to YouTube on Saturday, Lawrence and Leigh musician Andrew Kalleen is seen being assaulted and arrested by NYPD- even after knowing his rights and proving to the officer that he had not broken any laws.

The video, which was filmed at the Lorimer Street/Metropolitan Avenue station around 1:30 am on Friday, begins with Kalleen already explaining to the officer that he is not breaking any laws.

Infact, he cites the exact law the officer needs to look up to prove he was well within his rights. Kalleen has become well versed with this law, as he informed us that this is at least the 6th time he has been asked to stop. He has previously only received tickets- which he is also fighting through a Civilian Complaint Review Board investigation.

The officer continues to claim that he cannot play on the platform unless he has a permit, to which Kalleen asserts that he is incorrect. The officer demands he put down his guitar or be subject to arrest.

The officer then searches for the law on his cellphone, and reads out loud just how mistaken he was.

Section 1050.6c of the MTA’s “Rules of Conduct“states:

Except as expressly permitted in this subdivision, no person shall engage in any nontransit uses upon any facility or conveyance. Nontransit uses are noncommercial activities that are not directly related to the use of a facility or conveyance for transportation. 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.

Applause breaks out among the on lookers as the clearly confused cop finishes reading.

In typical NYPD fashion, this officer is not about to let some silly little thing like the law get in his way.

As Kalleen gears up to get back to performing for his adoring crowd, the officer begins yelling about how he is being kicked out of the platform, and must leave, either “by force” or on his own.

The officer begins to get more agitated, calls for backup, and walks away. Kalleen stands his ground and refuses to leave and starts to play Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here,’ to a round of applause.

The Officer comes back, slaps his hand off of the guitar and removes it, yet Kalleen keeps singing- finishing up the song to another large round of applause.

Still refusing to back down and admit he was wrong, the officer is then scolded and questioned by the witnesses of this insane harassment.

The rights-defending musician begins to play another song, causing the severely frustrated cop to call over another officer, before bashing Kalleen in the face with his guitar and handcuffing him.

“That song I start singing at the end, Ohio by Neil Young, is about the Kent State shootings. Maybe you know. That was 45 years ago now. There was a lot of momentum back then. I know this is nothing compared to that, but it is still an absolutely absurd occurrence. I want to inspire momentum.”

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