56 counts for political art !

Looks like they are throwing the book at  the artist  for a political art  stunt that  took them on. 

Street artist Essan Attia is being charged with 56 criminal counts after planting dozens of mock public service posters around New York, advertising the NYPD's use of drones to monitor civilians.

He was arrested in New York last week after being tracked down by an ill-humored police force.

All told, Attia is being hit with 56 counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument (the NYPD's logo), grand larceny possession of stolen property and weapons possession after allegedly having an unloaded .22-caliber revolver—a “120-year-old” antique, he clarified—under his bed when he was arrested early Wednesday

All told, Attia is being hit with 56 counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument (the NYPD's logo), grand larceny possession of stolen property and weapons possession after allegedly having an unloaded .22-caliber revolver—a “120-year-old” antique, he clarified—under his bed when he was arrested early Wednesday.

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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/12/04-5