Should The NYPD Be Deciding When Busking Counts As Art And When As Begging?

“Recently, a busking video went viral. In it a police officer, armed with a gun and club, passed judgment on a busker, who protested by reading out the law covering art in public. He got a loitering charge. Boos are bad, hisses worse and an audience unsatisfied enough to pelt is humiliating. But a criminal record? Does society want such severity?”

source ArtsJournal http://ift.tt/1zDj4CA

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