Posted in Activists' Response, Harassment, Legal, Surveillance on May 2nd, 2008
OMG, the May issue of Elle is the “Green Issue” and has an article on these, like, Al-Qaeda environmentalists! Srsly. There’s a lot about how the FBI hired this girl to totally pretend to be an activist, and lie to them and pressure them into doing illegal stuff. Now they’re going to prison as terrorists […]
Posted in Activists' Response, Harassment, Legal on Apr 27th, 2008
From DC Indymedia:
On Saturday, April 12, an FBI agent arrested an animal rights activist at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. The activist was charged with wearing a mask in public—a Class 6 felony in Virginia.
On April 5, the arrested activist attended a protest at GMU and wore a mask. After the GMU Police […]
Posted in Harassment, Legal on Feb 25th, 2008
From The Santa Cruz Sentinel:
Dozens of police cars surrounded a home on the 700 block of Riverside Avenue in Santa Cruz on Sunday night as a crowd of onlookers gathered to watch the events unfold.
According to Frank Male, the owner of the house, three UC Santa Cruz seniors live at the residence. Male said […]
Posted in Harassment, Legal on Jan 16th, 2008
UC Santa Cruz has been cracking down on tree sitters and their supporters, who are trying to protect Redwoods from UC development plans. There have been arrests and police pepper-spraying students, but what caught my attention in this article is the wording that the university is using in court. From the Santa Cruz Sentinel:
The Regents […]
Posted in Harassment, Legal, Opposition on Jul 28th, 2007
The headline speaks for itself. This article, by Bryan Denson of The Oregonian, came out a few weeks ago, and I thought you all would enjoy it. The owner of Schumacher Furs, remember, had called for new “eco-terrorism” legislation to be used against those protesting his business. He later brought a lawsuit against animal groups […]
Posted in Harassment on Nov 2nd, 2006
This from the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, which is an organization run by above-ground activists to defend the illegal actions of underground activists:
Los Angeles- Search warrants were served on the residences Tuesday of two North American Animal Liberation Press Officers by the Santa Monica Police Department. No arrests were made, and no reason […]
Posted in Grand Juries, Harassment, Uncategorized on Sep 22nd, 2006
Grand juries have been used around the country in political witch hunts and fishing expeditions to go after law-abiding activists. The activists are called before the grand juries, which are ostensibly investigating actions by underground groups, and pressed to testify about their political activities. Activists, in turn, frequently refuse to answer questions about their political […]
Posted in Harassment, Legal, Uncategorized on Jun 13th, 2006
The National Lawyers Guild has called the FBI’s “Operation Backfire” unconstitutional, and part of an orchestrated campaign to silence dissent. The group’s press release issued Monday is the first time I’ve seen the guild, which prides itself on liberal-to-leftie politics, come out against these witch hunts. It’s a great step in the right direction, and […]
Posted in Harassment, Legal, Uncategorized on Jun 10th, 2006
The Portland Press Herald reported yesterday that state police approached about a dozen environmental activists in Maine for DNA samples, as part of an “ongoing investigation.”
Jim Freeman, a member of Earth First!, said a forensic specialist asked him for DNA samples because cops were investigating vandalism around Plum Creek. Environmentalists have opposed development around Moosehead […]
Posted in Harassment, Surveillance, Uncategorized on Jun 9th, 2006
From the Associated Press today:
LOS ANGELES - A high-ranking California law enforcement official said in a personnel complaint that he was demoted after questioning the legality of federal and state intelligence-gathering methods, but authorities dispute the claims.
Edward Manavian was chief of criminal intelligence for the California Department of Justice, and chairman of the executive board […]
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