Greetings and blessings to the holder of HenryBowman!
Well, I'm having some difficulty sleeping roadside. So, I found a wireless access point that isn't pressing anyone with too much encryption, and 'll let some content move.
The U2 and the Best Buy missions are a great study. It'll help those people among us that can gain confidence of their character by emulation, until they are competently secure to move their person without interruption and without tresspass to a neighbor. Even the fake Bono could learn a lesson to be the character, without the mimicry; where do we suppose Bono was inspired from?
To quote the U2 Band mimicry on a roof-top, and details in the arrest and accusation by certain misplaced persons without an office and complaint, and their behaviors to demanding "ID" for their purposes to regulate a foreign trust...the exact text is quoted and without pundit...
Agent Shafer (Rooftop Cameraman)
I didn't notice the cops show up. One moment I was filming Bono, the next moment the roof was flooded with police. They were ignoring me, so I switched tapes and hid the old one, then continued to shoot. They accosted Bono (Agent Slocum), assuming him to be the ringleader. I saw Agent Todd step in and assert that it was his project and his roof, saying that if anyone was going to be arrested, it should be him.
Agent Slocum was being a **** (hilariously), and wouldn't drop character.
The cops were incredulous when he was unable to produce ID. "I never need an ID," he explained. "People just know who I am."
http://www.improveverywhere.com/images/u2_50.jpg
It was chaos as everyone mingled uncertainly; Agents tried to break down the equipment and avoid arrest, cops tried to impose order and clear us out. No one really understood what was going on or what to do. I kept shooting. Some of the cops were laughing and joking with Agent Goodman (Adam Clayton), but they were not the officers in charge. Eventually an officer noticed me and told me to get off the roof. As I was about to climb down the ladder, some guys in the building behind us started chanting "Attica! Attica!" I pointed my camera at them and the cop noticed me again. "I told you to leave," he said. I explained that I was about to, but he interrupted me and asked for my ID. I tried again to leave, but he insisted and I gave him my driver's license. He said I'd get it back later.
...SKIP...
Mission Accomplished
EPILOGUE
On June 21st, the eight Improv Everywhere Agents who were issued a summons for "unreasonable noise" had their day in court in Manhattan.
http://www.improveverywhere.com/images/u2court_04.jpg
Note the the term "criminal" court
We each got to speak with a lawyer who told us we would probably get an ACD - "Adjournment Contemplation Decision" - which basically means we'd be given a six month window where if we didn't receive any more summons our case would be dismissed. He also told us we would probably be asked to watch a video presentation on "The Quality of Life".
http://www.improveverywhere.com/images/u2court_02.jpg
Agent Slocum's name appears on the court monitor
As it turned out, our lawyer was wrong. The Honorable Judge Eileen Koretz dismissed the charges and let us walk! No fine. Nothing. She wryly muttered to the court clerk after Agent Todd's dismissal, "They were playing music on a roof!"
Free Agents
Bono and The Edge
Oh well, I would have loved to have seen the "Quality of Life" video.
More coverage of our court date on Agent Kula's blog.
If only more people would assert that no-ID honesty, not to impugn or entertain the pretended "enemy in the field" doctrine until an unrelated private trust monopoly is produced (or voluntarily compelled) into the equation. Much character can be evidenced in the Best Buy mission...
http://www.improveverywhere.com/miss...?mission_id=57
with love,
Gregory-Thomas