With scattered residents and the media getting all upset about MOCA’s street artsy show in April, the LAPD needed itself a high profile bust and so REVOK was the perfect target. Even though his case had nothing with the exhibit, it gave editors just the right amount of fodder to tangentially link the two. Anyway, he’s out now and put up an entertaining excruciating summary of his predicament over the past month and a half, which include a new charge for painting graffiti legally:

After 44 days and 24,000$ of debt I am finally out of jail… Thank you soo very much to all of you people who showed your support with drawings, paintings, etc. It means a great deal to me that there are people out there that actually give a shit.

I fucked up and didn’t pay a fine or complete my court ordered community service in time… So i was arrested by the lowest of lifeforms within the L.A. Sheriffs dept.(The graffiti task force) while waiting to board a flight to Dublin at LAX. The sheriffs ended up charging me with 2 additional charges for painting 2 separate murals with the property owners consent… Apparently if you paint a mural in Los Angeles with the consent/support of the property owner it is still a crime if the said mural is not done in conjunction with the Dept. of building & safety(Never mind that the Dept. of B.S. has NEVER issued a permit for a mural) -It seems i am facing severe criminal prosecution and a major civil lawsuit if i ever paint a mural in Los Angeles again… Regardless if i am commissioned or endorsed by the building owner since i will never be issued a permit by The Dept. of BS.

(Photo: Keegan Gibbs/OBEY)