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Graffiti Artist [sic] Ordered to Surrender Passport?

This is moronic:  Thurston County Superior Court Judge Anne Hirsch ordered mixed martial arts champion Jeff Monson to surrender his passport Tuesday after Monson pleaded not guilty to  malicious-mischief charges for allegedly spray-painting an anarchist symbol on the Capitol last year.The order casts doubt on whether Monson will be able to appear in two scheduled fights overseas.  Monson, 38, has a fight scheduled in February in St. Petersburg, Russia, and in March in Tokyo.After Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Joe Wheeler asked that Monson surrender his passport during Monson's arraignment Tuesday, Monson leaned over and whispered to Wheeler, "Are you going to support my family now?" Yes, it's completely retarded for a 38-year-old man to go around spray painting anarchist symbols...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on July 29, 2009 (boomark / email).