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Jeff Olson, California Man, Faces 13 Years In Jail For Writing Anti-Big Bank Messages In Chalk
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 17:58
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Jeff Olson, a 40-year-old man from San Diego, Calif., will face jail time for charges stemming from anti-big bank messages he scrawled in water-soluble chalk outside Bank of America branches last year. The San Diego Reader reported Tuesday that a judge had decided to prohibit Olson’s attorney from “mentioning the First Amendment, free speech, free expression, public forum, expressive conduct, or political speech during the trial.” With that ruling, Olson must now stand trial on 13 counts of vandalism, charges that together carry a potential 13-year jail sentence and fines of up to $13,000.
Are you seeing this America? Vandalism, 13 years, no rights, chalk? We have seen some people go to jail for some really dumb things lately but this takes the cake. What judge would even hear this case? Probably one being paid off to. Bank of America is a terrible bank, they have the reputation of the Penguin from Batman. Fat, greedy and a total @$$#0!e. -Mort
That chalk writing “anti-big-bank-message” guy just gave me an idea but its without chalk!
Jeez. I’m just glad I didn’t use permanent Magic Markers!! :/
Seriously – that was spooky seeing my name in that title (and I am from CA)! And even spookier to think of a society that would threaten someone with those kinds of penalties for something like that. Thirteen years for easily erasable graffiti? What’s next – twenty years in prison for jaywalking in front of a B of A building?
Jeff