Artist Molly Crabapple among those arrested in Occupy one-year-anniversary events

Arrested. Twittering from police van

— mollycrabapple (@mollycrabapple) September 17, 2012

Earlier today, artist Molly Crabapple was one of a number of people arrested at events marking the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York. By various estimates, more than a hundred people have been arrested there today. Crabapple tweeted from the police van. Over the past year, she has produced a wide array of work related to #OWS, including portraits, street-art templates, and illustrations for coverage in The Nation and other publications.

Somewhere in NYC, a cop is listening to an angry short artist in heels spewing obscenities in four different languages #freemollycrabapple

— Warren Ellis (@warrenellis) September 17, 2012

Her friend (and mine) Warren Ellis writes:

Interestingly, what evidently happens is that NYPD insisted everyone get on the pavement, and once they were on the pavement they were arrested. What I am pleased about is that Molly’s arrest wasn’t one of the violent ones – because nobody in the NYC power structure gives a shit about sending the message that they will beat non-violent protestors to show how devoted they are to preserving the peace of breakfast in the financial district – and that, frankly, she gets to see the inside of a black maria and a cop shop. Because that is going to give her a wealth of new stuff to draw angry, in the mode of her Shell Game pieces.

Right now @mollycrabapple is tweeting from a police van. Art arrest. Sending her love. #ows

— Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) September 17, 2012

(Disclosure: she also drew me, once.)

• [OldBrownSquirrel]

  “NYPD insisted everyone get on the pavement, and once they were on the pavement they were arrested.”

  Entrapment by estoppel.  It’s unlikely to hold up in court, but if they’re mostly interested in clearing the streets, convictions aren’t really the point.

  • [angusm]

    “You can beat the rap, but you can’t beat the ride.”

    • [EH]

      Maybe, but that’s why you ask for a jury trial.

• [Cowicide]

  I was just saw an ad today for “clean” coal that showed Occupy protestors while saying we need less “rhetoric” in ‘merica.  Fuck off, coal industry… you’re projecting, again.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_coal#Criticism

• [Scottie Payne]

  Stay strong Molly….You are pass WussDom now -_-’

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