Ah! But you gotta admit the pepper spray clip was entertaining. That chick really did the Kent State histrionics to a “T”.
Come to think of it, why didn’t the protesters go raise hell at the payoff games in New York. They might have actually gotten some coverage.
“In 1999, U.S. prosecutors accused Armstrong of cheating Japanese corporate investors by hiding losses. Regulators also sued him and his Princeton, New Jersey-based firm for fraud. A judge later jailed him for contempt after he refused to surrender 102 gold bars, 699 gold coins, rare coins, an ancient bust of Julius Caesar and a computer once stored in his home.
His failure to surrender the assets, which he said he’d given away, led to the longest jailing ever for civil contempt in a federal white-collar case. Armstrong spent seven years in a Manhattan prison that houses drug dealers and terrorists, surviving an attack that left him hospitalized.
Guilty Plea
Armstrong pleaded guilty in 2006 to conspiracy for lying to investors about his trading record and the value of assets he held, and spent five more years in a New Jersey prison camp before being released to his home on March 8. Republic Securities, now a unit of HSBC Holdings Plc, also pleaded guilty, admitting it helped Armstrong swindle clients. It paid $569 million in restitution. Two ex-Republic employees and a former Armstrong worker pleaded guilty as well.
Tancred Schiavoni, a partner at law firm O’Melveny & Myers LLP who was the court-appointed receiver for Armstrong’s firm, said he believes Armstrong kept the gold.
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I loved it....perhaps they’ll do it again....and again....and again.