Chris Drew
Chris Drew (1950-May 7, 2012)[1] is an street artist and activist from Chicago, Illinois.
Drew’s cause had been what he believed was the constitutional right of artists to sell their work in public, wherever they wish, as long as they’re not blocking the right-of-way.
Drew was arrested for selling his art in public on December 2, 2009. Upon finding a recording device on his person, the police tacked on a felony eavesdropping charge for illegally recording his arrest without telling the officers. His case was taken to the state's highest court where it was pending when Drew died of cancer in 2012. Following Drew's death, the Supreme Court ruled, on two other cases, that the eavesdropping law unconstitutional.[2]