Street artist up on massive number of charges - oh, yeah, and Shepard Fairey will be in court, too
Danielle Bremner, 27, of Queens, is due in court this morning on 34 graffiti charges related to incidents last year in the Back Bay.
Also due in court today: Mr. Obey himself, on new charges brought by Boston Police.
Both are due for arrival in separate courtrooms in Boston Municipal Court, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.
Bremner is charged with spray-painting "Utah" between January and June of last year on Commonwealth Avenue and Dartmouth, Exeter, Fairfield, Gloucester and Newbury streets, the DA's office says. She's also wanted on a previous case involving graffiti at the Orient Heights Blue Line stop.
She and her boyfriend face charges around the world for their graffiti:
The Queens couple had reportedly fled to Europe for three months, "where they dined, partied - and tagged their way through 10 or so countries." So their legal problems aren't just in the city, allegedly France seeks to prosecute them.
Bremner was arrested on the Boston charges in October.
Innocent, etc.
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what is wrong with these people?
Why do these people do such idiotic things? And, why do other people support/defend their actions? They are defacing other people's property. That is just wrong, it's malum in se. It is not their property so they should just leave it alone.
how dare you speak out against the 'artists'
...lest you invoke the wrath of those who think spray-painting buildings that local folk live in, pay for, maintain, and clean is fine art!
It's all fun and games till you're the one that has to pay for the clean up, right? Romanticizing these vandals as artists is pathetic.
According to swirly girl,
According to swirly girl, the DA's office is wasting their time prosecuting these people. I wonder how she would feel if they wrote bizarre statemests on her house or her favorite whole foods store.
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Anonymous Grandstanding
There is only so much money to chase crime, and only so many resources available to prosecute criminal cases.
Would you rather the police actually made the streets safe for people to walk around? Or would you rather that they spend all their time in court testifying that they saw a Shepherd Fairy-inspired sticker somewhere and it might have been put there by someone who may or may not have even been here at the time?
Would you rather the courts had time to prosecute car thieves before they were determined to have been held for too long, or would you prefer that Boston return to its former glory as the car theft capital of North America?
Thankfully, it isn't your choice.
To be honest, Ms. Utah has it all coming to her. Hassling Fairey beyond the clear-cut charges and piling every little wheatpaste sticker and Andre in the area on him just for the sake of an uberstupendiously stupidifying prosecutorial gonad show is a waste of public time and money.
Thank you for being the
Thank you for being the judge and jury in both cases. Apparently the taxpayers of Boston are wasting their money running a court system. We should all just come to you to find out who is guilty and who is innocent, and what everyone deserves. The fact that Shep has done more mainstream work is not the only fact to consider. I am hoping that there is actually evidence to be considered in both cases before you are allowed to lob off someone's head.
I did not think the exhibit was that bad
I know I wanted my money back after going to the Fairey exhibit at the ICA but bringing him up on charges seems a bit harsh.
Boston Graffiti
Take Witness:
Grrr
That whole wall in Central Square looks like severe urban decay to me, and ruins the great colored light patches that the overhead used to project in the summer. Plus they defiled the brickwork on top of that building, which previously on occasion got some of the most gorgeous warm light in the neighborhood.
I also suspect that broken window effect from the tagging wall has spread to the community photo mural across the walkway. I noticed a few days ago the most heavy tagging I've seen on it. Previously, I'd notice a small amount of tagging, and it would usually be removed promptly.
At the risk of dramatizing it too much: I'm imagining that now people want to get through that filthy corridor quickly and without incident, their eyes locked on the relative cleanliness and safety of the street or parking lot ahead.