But they weren’t on trial for any of these things. If you start accepting kangaroo court for things you like you might soon get it for other things also.
They were on trial for flash-mobbing and desecrating a church, not for criticizing Putin. Also, I would not be surprised if their past actions led the government to feel they needed to crack down on Pussy Riot, as they were apparently not going to stop.
>>>>>But they weren’t on trial for any of these things. If you start accepting kangaroo court for things you like you might soon get it for other things also.>>>>>>>
In fact some of their “comrades” were on trial for these things before, that is there this “Dick in the ass” performance from.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUaJLNonytg
You can see all these faces.
“Mordovian hour” performance on May, 1 2008 (throwing stray cats into McDonald’s kitchen to feed animals with decadent food and make low-paid workforce celebrate Labor day as they claim it):
http://plucer.livejournal.com/199615.html
Attacks on police cadets:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0A8Qf893cs
Note the song in Yiddish in background. It is a Jewish bolshevik song from October revolution, which is roughly about “!@#$ the police”. AFAIK one of performers was finally shot in process.
Mentopop:
http://plucer.livejournal.com/94884.html
A “screw the feds” prank on KGB agent:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ory-oJlK3ho&feature=related
Burning up a police truck:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCm-s-vTebA
Another police vehicle destroyed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uBQBtnkmec
And that is their promo video:
http://rutube.ru/video/6a7f22163d2b7deb93982c7101508723/