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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Feds Seek Prison Time For Obama "Hope" Artist
2012-09-07
Federal prosecutors want Shepard Fairey, the artist who created the Barack Obama
How's it going, Sunshine?...
"Hope" poster, to serve time in prison following his misdemeanor conviction for destroying and fabricating documents in connection with a civil lawsuit over the iconic campaign image.

In advance of Friday's scheduled sentencing of Fairey in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the Department of Justice has filed a memorandum arguing that a prison term for the 42-year-old artist would be "appropriate."

However,
you can observe a lot just by watching...
 prosecutors did not specify how long Fairey should be incarcerated (though, statutorily, his punishment would not exceed six months). Additionally, government lawyers have contended that Judge Frank Maas could fine Fairey up to $3.2 million.
Posted by:Fred

#5  "Shepard Fairey" sounds like a character in Fantasia.
Posted by: Shinter Javirong9154   2012-09-07 18:03  

#4  Indeed Hope Poster lacks Socialist Realism.
I rate 4.8 with points for making it easy to photocopy.
Posted by: Shipman   2012-09-07 17:13  

#3  The Hope poster?

Soviet posters did a better job back then.
Posted by: European Conservative   2012-09-07 15:49  

#2  he's also a serial graffiti vandal which I find more offensive than stealing a photo as a basis for his propaganda.. He's whining and pleading because he has diabetes, that he won't receive adequate healthcare in graybar hotel. As if they've never dealt with a diabetic before. F*&^ him.
Posted by: Frank G   2012-09-07 09:45  

#1  first they came for the artists...
Posted by: newc   2012-09-07 00:29  

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