Posted in Police Harassment & Abuse on May 19th, 2010
A great talk by James Duane, a professor at Regent Law School and a former defense attorney, on why you should never talk to the police.
Posted in Legal Issues, Police Harassment & Abuse on May 18th, 2010
David Pellow, a Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota, has been outspoken against the government’s attempts to label his student, Scott DeMuth, a terrorist. Recently the FBI came knocking at his door.
Posted in Legal Issues, Police Harassment & Abuse on Mar 15th, 2010
FBI raid of Salt Lake City house of animal rights activists. Photo by Jordan Halliday.FBI agents and law enforcement from multiple agencies have raided a well-known activist group house in Salt Lake City, Utah, today in connection with an investigation of Animal Liberation Front crimes in Iowa.
I just got off the phone with multiple housemates [...]
Posted in Legal Issues, Police Harassment & Abuse on Aug 25th, 2009
The National Lawyers Guild has created a great new resource, “Operation Backfire: a Survival Guide for Environmental and Animal Rights Activists.” It’s a booklet on how environmental and animal rights activists have been targeted by the government and branded as the top domestic terrorism threat. It also has a great “know your rights” section that [...]
Posted in Activism & Activists' Response, Legal Issues, Police Harassment & Abuse, Surveillance, Terrorism Watch Lists on Feb 23rd, 2009
“If activists have nothing to hide, why are they wearing masks?”
I’ve heard that question over and over again. It usually comes in the form of a soundbite from someone affiliated with a corporation, industry or government agency that is attempting to smear lawful activists as “terrorists.”
Their reasoning goes something like this: If you [...]
Posted in Activism & Activists' Response, Legal Issues, Media, Police Harassment & Abuse on Sep 2nd, 2008
News continues to come out of the Twin Cities and the Republican National Convention of what I can only describe as a police state showing its true colors. If you read this site regularly, you know I stay far away from language and descriptions like that, because I think it’s best to let the stories [...]
Posted in Police Harassment & Abuse, Surveillance, Terrorism Watch Lists on Jul 15th, 2008
As the New York Times reported last week, the Department of Homeland Security routinely stops Americans who are re-entering the country so government officials can snoop through laptops and even copy files.
For many animal and environmental advocates, though, this is old news. And it’s only part of the story. The government labels the animal rights [...]
Posted in Legal Issues, Police Harassment & Abuse, Surveillance on May 15th, 2008
Eric McDavid was just sentenced to 20 years in prison, as a “terrorist,” in a case that would never have been possible without a “confidential source” known only as Anna. She was paid by the FBI. She provided the group with bomb-making recipes; at times financed their transportation, food and housing; strung along McDavid, who [...]
Posted in Activism & Activists' Response, Legal Issues, Police Harassment & Abuse, 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 Activism & Activists' Response, Legal Issues, Police Harassment & Abuse 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 [...]
The War on Terrorism has come home. Corporations and politicians are labeling activists "eco-terrorists" and national security threats. Think red-baiting, with a green twist. Here you'll find original reporting and analysis of the Green Scare, and history repeating itself.