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Chalk Artist Is Suing City For $1 Million

Chalk Artist Is Suing City For $1 Million

Not to point fingers, but after six-year-old Natalie Shea was busted for chalking up a sidewalk back in 2007, it's been rough going for the rest of the city's chalk artists. The (adult) chalk artist Ellis Gallagher has been arrested three times since then, and now he's fighting back by bringing the NYPD to court. All summonses have been dismissed, but he's now suing the city for $1 million as a punishment to the force that forced him behind bars for a legal art form, according to the Brooklyn Paper. more ›

Video of the Day: Colbert Confronts Chalkitti Menace

Stephen Colbert continued his new feature on The Colbert Report program called "Nailed 'Em," in which the television host hopes to overcome the niceties of the legal system with skillful editing and generous amounts of innuendo. This week's subject was Brooklyn's own graffiti "punk," 6-year-old Natalie Shea. more ›

Dust Hasn't Settled on Chalk Art Crimes

Dust Hasn't Settled on Chalk Art Crimes

Last October, on the heels of 6-year-old Natalie Shea getting slapped on the wrist for her chalk graffiti, Ellis Gallagher was jailed for his own chalk art. more ›

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