{news} Randy Credico arrested by NYPD

[allan brison]

> Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:50:21 -0400> From: mitchelcohen at mindspring.com> To: actiongreens at yahoogroups.com> Subject: Randy Credico arrested by NYPD> > BELOW ARE FOUR ARTICLES INCLUDING A HYPERLINK TO TONY PAPA'S PIECE IN THE HUFFINGTON POST RE RANDY CREDICO'S ARREST THURSDAY IN MANHATTAN. MORE DETAILS TO COME> > HUFFINGTON POST> Political Comedian/Activist Randy Credico Arrested Documenting Marijuana Arrests> > > Posted June 13, 2008> NEW YORK POST> 'REEFER' MADNESS> > By IRENE PLAGIANOS and MURRAY WEISS> > June 14, 2008 -- A drug-law reform activist spent a night in jail after hurling abuse at cops in an attempt to stop them from collaring pot-smokers outside his Greenwich Village home, police said.> As undercover cops nabbed the two dopers Thursday night, Randy Credico allegedly burst from his Gay Street home and screamed, "You guys are really solving murders out here? Why don't you guys get a life! F- - - you all! You can't tell me what to do!"> Credico admitted to The Post he was trying to prevent the arrest of the teens.> "I'm constantly warning kids not to smoke pot on that street," Credico said. "These cops are making Mickey Mouse pot arrests - what a waste of time and money."> Credico is the director of the William Moses Kunstler Fund for Racial Justice, which documents arrests for marijuana violations.> He was charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.> > > NY DAILY NEWS> BY ELIZABETH BENJAMIN> June 13, 2008> Two Political Worlds Collide> Drug law reform activist and comedian Randy Credico was arrested yesterday and spent the night in a cell at NYPD central booking after getting into a shouting match outside his West Village building with police officers who were arresting some teenagers who were smoking pot.> Credico called me late this morning after he had been arraigned and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest to give his account of the incident. Guess which judge he appeared before?> Noach Dear.> Credico said he has been warning people not to smoke marijuana in this particular spot because it's a location of frequent police sweeps. He has documented prior arrests, which did not make him too popular with the cops who showed up last night.> There was a verbal altercation during which Credico, as he put it, "used strident language" to denounce the war on drugs, suggesting that a better use of police time would be to "solve some murders."> It probably didn't help matters that after his arrest, while waiting in the cell, Credico said he "counted down the 50 shots that killed Sean Bell."> Credico is due back in court in August. He said he plans to file a criminal suit against the NYPD in the meantime.> > > GOTHAMIST> JUNE 14, 2008> > Drug Law Reform Activist Arrested Over Stopping Cops' Pot Arrests> > A drug law reform activist was arrested in the West Village on Thursday night for trying to stop police officers from arresting two teens who were smoking pot outside his house. The Post reports that Randy Credisco, who heads the William Moses Kunstler Fund for Racial Justice, allegedly yelled, "You guys are really solving murders out here? Why don't you guys get a life! F--- you all! You can't tell me what to do!"> The plot thickens, because it seems Credisco had a similar altercation with one of the cops when, per the Huffington Post's Anthony Papa, "Credico documented the arrest of some other young adults accused of simple marijuana possession." Recently, the NY Civil Liberties Union released a study showing arrests for small amounts of marijuana possession have increased tenfold. Credisco, who was charged with disorderly conduct, told the Post, "I'm constantly warning kids not to smoke pot on that street. These cops are making Mickey Mouse pot arrests - what a waste of time and money."> Credisco was very busy and also called the Daily News' Elizabeth Benjamin. He told her that it probably didn't help things when he "counted down the 50 shots that killed Sean Bell" after his arrest. He added he is going to file a civil lawsuit against the police.> > > 
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