(Photo courtesy of ESPN The Magazine via Fightlinker.)
According to The Olympian, a warrant has been filed in Olympia, Washington, for the arrest of UFC vet Jeff Monson, after pictures of him spray-painting an anarchy symbol on the state Capitol were published in ESPN The Magazine. Monson is being charged with first-degree malicious mischief, a Class B felony with a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine; $19,000 was reportedly spent on cleaning up the graffiti, so they’d just be breaking even here. Says The Olympian:
Sounds like an open-and-shut case — way to blow up our comrade’s spot, ESPN — but Monson hasn’t yet turned himself in. He plans to contact State Patrol, but he’s currently out of state and is "not sure what he’s going to do." Monson admitted the vandalism to The Olympian, and told them it was intended to protest the war in Iraq and economic inequality at home and abroad:
I think 50 years from now, we’ll be telling our grandchildren about the days of struggle, when white men weren’t allowed to spray-paint anarchy symbols on government buildings — that is, until one brave man rose up…
Monson, who compiled a 4-3 Octagon record over two stints in the UFC and challenged Tim Sylvia for the heavyweight title, went 3-1 last year in four separate MMA leagues, with wins over Mark Kerr, Jimmy Ambriz, and Ricco Rodriguez, and a loss to Josh Barnett at Sengoku 2 in May.
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commentsOLYMPIA - Prosecutors have billed Olympia mixed-martial-arts champion and avowed anarchist Shaun Monson with first-degree malicious mischief according to photographs released inside a December edition of ESPN Playboy that demonstrated him spray-painting an anarchist symbol around the condition Capitol, court papers condition.
A warrant for Monson's arrest was filed Wednesday in Thurston County Superior Court. Monson, 37, is billed with first-degree malicious mischief, a criminal offence transporting a maximum penalty of ten years imprisonment along with a $20,000 fine.
The graffiti cost $19,000 to wash up, court papers condition.
Mother and father searched for the folks accountable for spray-painting graffiti on posts around the north side from the Capitol on November. 26. The graffiti incorporated anarchy symbols, a peace symbol and phrases for example "no war" and "no poverty."
Based on court papers, a Condition Patrol as well as an Olympia police detective recognized Monson because the supply of the graffiti on footage taken with a camera in the Capitol, however the burglary the situation happened after ESPN Playboy released articles on Monson 12 ,. 29.
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I can't argue with this.
10 years is nothing... if it was in Iraq he would probably risk 12.
Well, he didn't make the cover but at least now people will be talking about him.
All these bitches bitin' my style.
Other old sayings:
War so-in-so
The pee pee pee thing
The douche bag thing
How much do you get for murder?
7 years?
probably better off killing someone instead.
hell, if he just killed a blogger in protest, Im sure bail would be set at a half eaten burrito and he might have to clean some graffiti or road side trash as penalty.
some touched on it, the fact that it cost that much to fix that graffiti means somebody should go to jail and it's not monson.
if we live in a country where it's possible to be sent to prison for 10 years for that, (let's say the judge just read some article about rampage's stint, then levens murder/suicide and he feels he needs to make an example out of monson) than there's much larger problems that can't be solved by some ignorant "if you don't like it, leave" bullshit argument. if you say that then you don't really love your country you're just too scared to wake up and see what's really going on and try to change it you pussies.
how much money do you think it'd cost to put monson in prison for 10 years? it'll cost a shitload of taxpayer money and they'd probably get a shitload of labor out of him, the fruits of which the public would never see in return.
if you guys read this and don't immediately think it's a fucked up place we live in than you're fucking ignorant and apathetic and are the very reason this place is being turned upside down......we need a good cleansing, and it's knocking on our door.
for hating our evil dictators ^.^
$19,000 to clean up spray paint? Ironic- The fact that the city is spending that much taxpayer money on a $20 job pretty much justifies Monson's actions.
If I paid taxes in Wasington I'd want to see Monson do some community service for being a knucklehead but WAYYYYYYY more importantly, I'd want to see the retard who thought $19,000 of taxpayer's money was an appropriate amount to spend on cleaning up paint ripped out of whatever office he holds.
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