Marshall Ledbetter
Marshall Ledbetter ( born June 10, 1969; † 14 July 2003) was an American psychedelic enthusiast and activist, the unconventional protest methods preferred.
On June 14, 1991 at 4:00 clock in the morning broke Ledbetter, a student at Florida State University, the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee, barricaded himself and called the office of a senator from the police. In the conversation with this he demanded that society should wake up and people should cease to be a robot clones of each other. He called for a vegetarian 20 - inch pizza pizzeria " Gumby's " 666 donuts, a box of Japanese lager and a CNN news team. In addition, Marshall Ledbetter demanded by the police, they should bring him the following persons answered the phone: Timothy Leary, Lemmy Kilmister, Jello Biafra and Ice Cube.
The police feared that the building could have been occupied by several armed terrorists who have taken hostages. So Ledbetter led action for the most police presence in the history of Florida. The building and its surroundings were locked, stationed snipers on the roofs around and blocked the traffic of SWAT units. After several hours of excitement the State Capitol was finally stormed against 12:45 clock by a SWAT team that was found sitting under a table dressed in underwear and completely unarmed Ledbetter. In his hands he held a cigar and a telephone. He was finally arrested for trespassing.
On July 14, 2003 Marshall Ledbetter committed suicide.
Influence on popular culture
Jello Biafra, one of the four people with whom Ledbetter wished to speak on June 14, 1991, produced in 2000 with his band Lard a song entitled Ballad of Marshall Ledbetter, the text of the events and impressions of Biafra, the action concerning reproduced.
Jello Biafra comment to Marshall Ledbetter: "He was someone who had enough of the injustice in this world and decided on an unconventional way to do something about it I have long been a fan of creative crime The best part is that it had expressed. . a work of art was and no one was injured. "