A Court destroys a father and his children and are considered HEROES. The father sprays court building with chicken manure and could get 7 years in prison. --- The concept of cruel and unusual punishment increases in scope and severity. We must not hurt a defenseless Little Ole Judge.

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ALBANY (AP) A man sprayed liquefied chicken manure on the home of the state's highest court Monday to protest what he says is the unfair treatment of men in child custody eases and of corruption in the judicial system.

Charles Collins III surrendered to police following the 5:45 a.m. incident and was charged with a second-degree criminal mischief, a felony which carries a punishment of up to 7 years in prison. He was released on $7,500 bail and ordered to return to Albany Police Court next week.

"It was a disturbed act of vandalism," Court of Appeals spokesman Paul Browne said. A security guard and maintenance worker were the only people in the Court of Appeals building at the time of the incident, Browne said. The seven-member Court of Appeals is not meeting this week in Albany.

No one was injured. "That's why I did it before it (the court) opened," Collins, from Troy, told The Associated Press. "I am not looking to injure anybody or to destroy property. I am there to make a point that the Court of Appeals is corrupt."

Firemen hosed off the building following the incident, and the affected areas were sprayed down with disinfectant later in the day, according to Browne. Still, he said, "It smells like a Hong Kong chicken farm in July, not a court in winter." More cleanup was planned, according to the spokesman.

A banner hanging over the main entrance to the building commemorating last year's 150th. anniversary celebration of the Court of Appeals was destroyed by the manure and was confiscated by Albany police as evidence, Browne said.

Charles Collins III of Troy sprays chicken manure on the Court of Appeals building in Albany Monday in a television image.

NOTE: He's a member of Fathers' Rights Association of NY, Capital District Chapter. I'm sure this was not something the Board knew about.

MAN SAYS STINKY STUNT IS CORRUPTION PROTEST
Associated Press

Albany, N.Y. - Justice can be a sticky business -- smelly too.

Police said Charles Collins III parked a pickup truck outside the state's highest court and hosed down the columned building with liquefied chicken manure early Monday.

Firemen hosed off the building, and the area was sprayed with disinfectant, said Paul Browne, a spokesman for the Court of Appeals. But it was evident more cleanup work was needed.

"It smells like a ... chicken farm in July, not a court in winter." he said.

Collins said he wanted to get arrested to publicize what he calls rampant corruption in the courts. He is charged with second-degree criminal mischief, a felony that carries punishment of up to seven years in prison.