[Ppnews] Portland - On the House Raids and Grand Jury Subpoenas

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  On the House Raids and Grand Jury Subpoenas

Wed, 07/25/2012 - 9:54pm --- Anonymous
http://pugetsoundanarchists.org/node/1898

As has been reported elsewhere, 
<http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/home-raids-grand-jury-subpoenas-portland-olympia-seattle/6233/> 
police, FBI, and Joint Terrorism Task Force agents raided three houses 
in Portland this morning, dressed like paramilitaries and using flash 
bang grenades. No arrests were made, but electronics--presumably cell 
phones and computers--were confiscated.

In addition, today five subpoenas were served throughout the Northwest: 
two in Portland, two in Olympia, and one in Seattle. These subpoenas 
demand that the recipients appear before a grand jury that will convene 
in Seattle at the Federal Courthouse on August 2nd.

Grand juries exist to coerce civilians into providing information about 
themselves and others to law enforcement and intelligence agencies. They 
operate in secret; no judges or defense attorneys are present, and 
neither Constitutional rights nor conventional evidence-gathering 
protocol apply. Grand juries are frequently used to harass activists and 
dissidents; for example, a grand jury forced independent journalist Josh 
Wolf to serve 226 days in a federal prison simply for refusing to turn 
over a videotape he had shot at a demonstration.

That being said, it is critical to understand that *the best strategy 
for defeating a grand jury involves coordinated non-cooperation.* In 
many cases of federal repression of activists and anarchists, 
cooperators have even wound up with similar sentences to those who have 
stood their ground. To put it simply: nobody talks, everybody walks.

There are also reports that law enforcement agents are still searching 
for specific individuals. *If you are served with a subpoena, call the 
NLG National Hotline at 888-NLG-ECOL (888-654-3265) or call a criminal 
defense attorney immediately.*

A support committee is forming and will soon announce how to get 
involved or donate to support funds.

Little else is known at this time, but updates will be posted as we 
receive them. It is best that in this stressful time, we resist the 
temptation to speculate and gossip.

Learn more and stay safe:
About grand juries 
<http://davenportgrandjury.wordpress.com/about-grand-juries/>
Great National Lawyer's Guild literature on grand juries, your rights 
and FBI harassment 
<http://www.nlg.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/KYR-English-web1.pdf>
How to crush a Grand Jury <http://nocompromise.org/issues/06crushgj.html>

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