Chris Drew, street artist and activist, was selling art for $1 in downtown Chicago to protest the Chicago Peddlers Ordinance since he believed Art is Speech, a First Amendment Right. Those charges were dropped and replaced with a serious Class One Felony Eavesdropping charge, for audio recording his own arrest. Nine police officers with a Homeland Security detail arrested him. With 2 pro bono lawyers, he challenged for over 2.5 years in court, The Illinois Eavesdropping Law,which carried a 4 - 15 years in prison if convicted. His case and cause drew nationwide and even international attention. Both traditional and social media covered the unbelievable case of C Drew. This is a true story. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 0.0/10 | |
Released: | April 23, 2014 | |
Runtime: | 99 min | |
Genres: | Documentary Crime History | |
Cast: | Chris Drew Joshua Kutnick Deborah Drew Mark Weinberg | |
Crew: | Chris Drew Nancy Bechtol | |
insaniacza : agreed although.... how can they actually expect it to be any better than the original?