Arrested for Posting Pictures of Iraqis in Public Space
From Censorpedia
Date: 2003
Region: North America
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Photography Public Art
Artist: Artist Emilie Clark and writer Lytle Shaw posting Art by Paul Chan
Confronting Bodies: New York City Police Department
Dates of Action: February 2003
Location: New York City on the corner of Mercer and Prince Streets
Description of Artwork: Letter size copies of portrait photographs of Iraqi citizens
The Incident: Clark and Shaw were taping the letter sized flyer on a lamppost at the corner of Mercer and Prince Streets when three undercover policemen arrested them. They were charged with criminal misdemeanors and sat in jail for several hours
Results of Incident: Unknown
Source: NCAC: from an article in the National Philistine
