Check this out - ingenious anti-bush biker arrested - no charges, no crime

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Here's what the guy's bike can do:

http://bikesagainstbush.com/


Here's what happened in NY:

http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/105740/index.php

News :: Protest, Resistance & Direct Action
Activist bike creator Joshua Kinberg arrested 8/28/2004

Bikesagainstbush creator Joshua Kinberg was arrested while taping an
interview with MSNBC's Ron Reagan in Manhattan Saturday afternoon.

Kinberg was stopped by police while demonstrating the bicycle for the
television interview. His bicycle is a high-tech graffiti writer, using
chalk to print anti-Bush political messages sent by people via the internet.
Apparently there was a question of whether or not the sprayed messages were
a defacement of property.



Activist bike creator Joshua Kinberg arrested
Bikesagainstbush creator Joshua Kinberg was arrested while taping an
interview with MSNBC's Ron Reagan in Manhattan Saturday afternoon.

Kinberg was stopped by police while demonstrating the bicycle for the
television interview. His bicycle is a high-tech graffiti writer, using
chalk to print anti-Bush political messages sent by people via the internet.
Apparently there was a question of whether or not the sprayed messages were
a defacement of property.

When Kinberg showed the police sergeant how the bicycle used a non-permanent
spray chalk, the sergeant seemed to agree that it wasn't defacement, at
which point Kinberg asked, "am I free to go?" After conferring about it,
officers decided to call superiors, then came back moments later to place
Kinberg under arrest and confiscate the bicycle.

Kinberg cooperated fully with the officers as he was being handcuffed, only
asking, "can I ask what I'm being arrested for?" to which no one provided an
answer. As of 11:00 PM Saturday evening, he was still in custody without
being charged with anything.

Video of the incident is available as a torrent at DV Guide.
See also:
http://www.bikesagainstbush.com