Acab Radio Las Vegas

Thank you all for joining us for Episode #19 of the ACAB Radio Las Vegas pirate podcast. Our show is a collaboration between Nevada Cop Block (NVCopBlock.org) and Food Not Bombs Las Vegas (FoodNotBombsLasVegas.org) and is recorded live before a studio audience. As always, we have plenty to talk about on this episode of ACAB Radio. This week we have Ballentine, a longtime friend of the show, on as a guest. Back in August of 2013, Ballentine, along with ACAB Radio host Kelly W. Patterson and three other members of Nevada Cop Block (the "Sunset 5"), was arrested and charged with "graffiti" crimes for writing on public sidewalks with sidewalk chalk. We'll discuss chalk activism in general, as well as those retaliatory arrests, and the reasons why those protests were happening. Ballentine has since moved to Olympia, Washington. Among other things, we'll also discuss activism in the Northwest and the many differences between Vegas and Olympia. In addition, we'll obviously be discussing some of