6 charged with burning Olympic banner (priceless mugshots)

[Mari333]

I am sorry but I HAD to post this because of the mugshots...




Six people were charged with mob action today for yanking an Olympic banner from the Daley Center's Picasso statue and tossing it into the "eternal" flame, authorities said.

Charged are brothers Jeremy Hammond, of Chicago, and Jason Hammond, of Glendale Heights, both 24; Brian Brown, 22, of Itasca; Jeremy Sorkin, 21, of Chicago; Johnathan Clark, 21, of Rocky Mount, N.C.; and Anna Stafford, 20, of Wheatfield, Ind., said Tandra Simonton, a spokeswoman for the Cook County state's attorney's office.
The six were arrested just after 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, but weren't believed to be a part of an anti-Olympics bid rally that took place in front of City Hall earlier that day, police said.
















http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/10/6-charged-in-burning-of-olympic-banner.html

[dysfunctional press]

1. jeremy sorkin appears to be the 'brains' of the operation...

which is probably just a relative term in this case.

btw- are the hammond brothers twins...? they look equally creepy.

[bigwillq]

31. ha ha

your subject line made me LOL. And then I looked at his pic again, and I laughed even more. :rofl:

[grantcart]

33. Oh I think Anna is the power behind the curtain! lol

[XemaSab]

2. I think I went to Humboldt with them

:P

[dysfunctional press]

26. humboldt park?

was it for the puerto rican festival...?

http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/out-there/15736/taste-of-humboldt-park

[XemaSab]

30. Humboldt State University

:P

[Taverner]

3. And the point they were trying to make was?

[MineralMan]

11. Attention whores need no point. They're attention whores.

That is the point.

[Fumesucker]

4. The way people look is always such an excellent means of judging them..

And we all know that people are at their best for police mugshots.

[Regret My New Name]

18. Burning a banner and getting caught is an excellent basis for judgment.

[Fumesucker]

22. I guess you didn't read the OP..

Wherein the poster claimed the only reason they posted was due to the mug shots..

[Regret My New Name]

25. Well, they are amusing looking.

[Deja Q]

5. That one on the far right... remind you of someone?

[RKP5637]

8. Yep! LOL!

:)

[MineralMan]

12. I was thinking more of...

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. I wanna see what Brian's parents look like.

Oh my stars and garters....what a face.

[sakabatou]

7. They just love America, don't they?

:puke:

[Posteritatis]

9. I'm wondering if they actually do and just despise the IOC

I try to like the Olympics, but those fuckers make it increasingly difficult these past several years. I can understand folks not caring for an organization that, say, tries to force every Greek restaurant in town to close or change their name/decor for the duration of the games, or which tries to secure the rights to national anthems.

[greennina]

14. Or forces companies to change their names!

The one I work for is still hurting after the IOC sued us. We're based out of Olympia, Washington. You'd think naming your company after the city you're in would be legal.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

17. They sued the Improv Olympics here in Chicago a few years back, too.

I understand protecting a trademark but it seems like "Olympics" would have passed into public domain about 2,500 years ago.

[Posteritatis]

21. They like trying to claim ownership of the Olympic colors, too

Oh, and circles. They've sued people for having circles in their logos.

[Posteritatis]

20. They're claiming the rights to a line from the Canadian national anthem, too

I loathe that organization so very very much, and it depresses me that the US and Canada both gave them what amounts to extraterritoriality for pulling stunts like this.

[Beaverhausen]

10. Not sure what you are trying to say here, but this is extremely shallow way to judge people

kinda douche-y if you ask me.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

13. Just wanted my picture took

Needed one to give to my gal:silly:

[Poll_Blind]

15. It's like the crew of terrorists from 12 Monkeys. In so many ways, 6 shy of a dozen. n/t

PB

[rrneck]

16. The ringleader got away...

[Regret My New Name]

19. Brian Brown looks like someone I would get along with.

[Liberal_in_LA]

23. 1st two are twins. lol. mom must be proud

[Ms. Toad]

28. Doubly so.

And they look so handsome... (or maybe I'm just showing my age).

[BuyingThyme]

24. How many ****** does it take to yank a flag?

Six?

[rucky]

27. America is too stupid to host an Olympics.

Or at least it would be too embarrassing to put up the attention-hungry dillholes like this.

[JVS]

29. Awesome! It takes real nerve to burn the olympic flag. Good on them!

[proteus_lives]

32. White-boy dreadlocks.....

Always make me :rofl:

[Ms. Toad]

35. Me too.

I almost said that in my earlier post - but the picture in the OP was too small for me to be sure it wasn't just a really bad curly hair day. White dude dreads really just don't do anything for me.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

34. Full Sized Mugshots here...

I had no idea there were black emo kids...




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