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April 7, 2015

Artists Install 100-Pound Edward Snowden Statue in New York City Park 
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In New York City, a group of artists have erected a 100-pound bust of
National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden atop a monument to
Revolutionary War soldiers in a park. Video published by the website
Animal New York shows the unidentified artists under cover of night
placing the bust on top of a column in Brooklyn's Fort Green Park. One
of the artists speaks in the video, using voice distortion.

Artist: "If you engage in polite debate, touting your disdain for the
way the system is, it kind of just stays at the status quo. Without risk
there really is no reward. We look at this as a gift to the city, but
gifts are sometimes not accepted."

By Monday afternoon, city authorities had covered the statue with a tarp
and removed it.

 

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