P.S.- Isn’t it slightly paradoxical to hold the event in SoHo? So much for the inner city/urban youth arts movement. I guess we all cash in our chips for the higher power of currency, and attorney’s fees.
]]>KET is technically paying over $12K if you take into account all three areas, and is spared prison time (even though the D.A. initially charged him with illegal possession of marijuana upon NYPD searching his home. But if that was not included in the search warrant- i.e. no illegal substances search mentioned in warrant when it was signed by a judge- then they cannot keep it as a charge due to the 4th Amendment and subsequent Supreme Court rulings).
NYPD Special Investigations Unit has been tracking him for some time and tossed 2004-06 graffiti into the charges. Granted, they didn’t catch him “in the act” when he was arrested, but the D.A. had enough circumstantial evidence to warrant a plea agreement. One would presume that KET’s colleagues would assist directly- from their pocketbooks- in a legal defense fund as opposed to holding a public forum (Ecko, Atari, MTV, etc.), but such is life.
]]>