Arrests

BREAKING: 2 Animal Activists Facing 6 Months in Jail for Protesting on the Sidewalk

In Utah, activists are facing 6 months in jail for holding signs and protesting an amusement park’s treatment of animals.

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Animal Activists’ Chalking Charges Have Been Dropped!

The criminal charges against four animal rights activists who chalked slogans on the public street have been dropped, and they’re now free to continue with their protests of a new animal testing lab.

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4 Activists Arrested for Chalking “Save the Animals”

Four animal rights activists now face multiple charges for allegedly writing slogans against animal testing on public street using sidewalk chalk.

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BREAKING: 2 Activists Accused of Freeing Animals are Charged as Terrorists

The FBI arrested two animal rights activists for allegedly freeing mink from fur farms and vandalizing property. The terrorism announcement comes days before the national animal rights conference.

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Environmentalists Charged with “Terrorism Hoax” for Too Much Glitter on Their Banner

Two environmentalists in Oklahoma may be the first protesters prosecuted for a “terrorism hoax” after they unfurled a banner covered in glitter.

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BREAKING: Undercover Investigator Charged With Animal Cruelty for Videotaping Farm Abuse

An undercover investigator for Compassion Over Killing is being charged with animal cruelty after filming animal abuse of newborn calves.

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Charlotte Police Ask for Excessive Bail to Keep “Known Activist” in Jail During DNC

Charlotte police asked a court for an unusually high bail in order to keep a local activist in jail for a traffic violation, so that he would not be protesting the Democratic National Convention.

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Debunked: Prosecutors and Press Calling a Militia Cell “Anarchists”

Prosecutors admit that a Georgia militia cell of former military officers who plotted to kill the president are not “anarchist.”

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3 NATO Protesters Charged With “Terrorism” in Chicago — Identical to Other FBI Plots

Three activists who traveled to Chicago for mass protests against NATO have been arrested and charged with “terrorism” in a case that is representative of a pattern of government misconduct.

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Gasland Director Arrested at Congressional Hearing

Josh Fox, the director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Gasland, was arrested by Capitol Hill police.

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