CNN: Gyrocopter pilot makes case in op-ed

By Simon Hernandez-Arthur, MAY 17, 2015, CNN

Washington (CNN) Doug Hughes' flying days might be over.

The Florida postal worker who flew a gyrocopter over Washington and landed on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol says he is ready to face the consequences for his stunt, which he says was intended to protest money's influence in politics.

"Everyone is entitled to an opinion about my flight over the mall last month, but I did not commit this peaceful protest thoughtlessly. The most important requirements were met: No one was hurt, no property was damaged and the message was delivered," he wrote in an op-ed published Sunday in The Washington Post.

Hughes criticized the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, which allowed corporations and other groups to spend unlimited and untraceable amounts of money in electoral politics.

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