Minneapolis will pay $165,000 to zombies

Minneapolis (Red) Star Tribune ^ | August 23, 2010 - 12:20 AM | RANDY FURST

[Smogger]

The Minneapolis city attorney's office has decided to pay seven zombies and their attorney $165,000.

The payout, approved by the City Council on Friday, settles a federal lawsuit the seven filed after they were arrested and jailed for two days for dressing up like zombies in downtown Minneapolis on July 22, 2006, to protest "mindless" consumerism.

When arrested at the intersection of Hennepin Avenue and 6th Street N., most of them had thick white powder and fake blood on their faces and dark makeup around their eyes. They were walking in a stiff, lurching fashion and carrying four bags of sound equipment to amplify music from an iPod when they were arrested by police who said they were carrying equipment that simulated "weapons of mass destruction."

[Smogger]

I am not going to call the cops, the City Attorney, or their inevitable defenders here, mindless twits, because... well that would just be rude. But I will ask what the Hell "equipment that simulated 'weapons of mass destruction,'" looks like.

[Smogger]

Nevermind. From another article:

“Investigators thought one of them had a bomb, but it turned out to be a radio. Because the bags had wires sticking out, police said they looked like simulated weapons of mass destruction.”

[alancarp]

Interesting case. Wonder what mindless consumerist products their lawyer will purchase with his $50-75K of the settlement?

[OneWingedShark]

The police made a big mistake: shotguns are the only proper response to zombies, not arrest & court.
;)

[Hans]

Minnesotans are pips. Money for the nutter’s. The older nutters get sent to the Senate in Washington DC.

[lowbridge]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a6YdNmK77k

[Red Badger]

Good work, if you can get it...............

[WOBBLY BOB]

You can’t bet these fruits won’t shop at Target,either.

[stephenjohnbanker]

” Interesting case. Wonder what mindless consumerist products their lawyer will purchase with his $50-75K of the settlement? “

I dunno. Maybe Pelosi will let her little followers keep her share....as she doesn’t need the money.

[manic4organic]

New iPods and sound equipment?

[American Quilter]

And here I spend my time WORKING for a living. I’m gonna be a zombie from now on. It pays better.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

The police made a big mistake: shotguns are the only proper response to zombies, not arrest & court.

Beat 'em or burn 'em, they go up pretty quick.

[Smogger]

July 22nd 2006 was a Saturday. I feel for you working on Saturday. Maybe you should get an 8-5 Monday through Friday gig.

[WOBBLY BOB]

Raphi Rechitsky, 27, of Minneapolis, one of the seven zombies, who said he and his friends were performing street theater when they were arrested. He is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of Minnesota.

that explains a lot.