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</font><font face="Tahoma" size=2><b>From:</b> Lindsey Shively
<lindshives@gmail.com><br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tue, November 10, 2009 10:03:33 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> please forward: grand jury targeting activists<br><br>
</font><font size=3>hey dears- my friends scott and carrie have been
subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury. this is bad fucking news and
means potential incarceration for both of them until the investigation is
complete. carrie is part of the coldsnap legal collective and is active
in prisoner support. scott is a dakota activist involved in
decolonization work. both are really lovely people who ive had the
pleasure of working with in the radical community in minneapolis, and
both need support to resist the grand jury fishing expedition. for now,
ive been asked to spread the word. can you help me by passing this along
to your networks? <br>
love and solidarity,<br>
-linds<br><br>
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***********Davenport Grand Jury Update***********<br><br>
A second person, Scott DeMuth of Minneapolis, has been subpoenaed to
the<br>
federal grand jury in Davenport, Iowa. Scott, along with previously<br>
subpoenaed anarchist Carrie Feldman, plans to resist the grand jury.
His<br>
statement, as well as support info, is below.<br><br>
November 9, 2009<br>
After leaving my house at 5:50 PM, I was pulled over by
several<br>
unmarked black sedans. I was approached by Steven Molesky, Special<br>
Agent of the Minneapolis Division of the FBI, and served a subpoena<br>
for a grand jury in Davenport. The grand jury is scheduled for<br>
November 17, 2009, at 9:00 AM at the Davenport Courthouse. Given the<br>
recent subpoena of Twin Cities activist Carrie Feldman for the same<br>
date and time, I believe these subpoenas are related. While the<br>
subject of the investigation has not been disclosed, it seems likely<br>
that the grand jury is investigating a 2004 Animal Liberation Front<br>
action at the University of Iowa.<br>
Grand juries have been used as an integral tactic in the
Green Scare,<br>
which is the ongoing repression of both legal and illegal activities<br>
of the environmentalist and animal rights/animal liberation
movements.<br>
During the proceeding, no judge or defense counsel may be present.<br>
People subpoenaed to testify may be threatened with up to 18 months<br>
imprisonment if they fail to comply. As such, grand juries have
often<br>
been used as fishing expeditions against activists, accused of<br>
breaking no laws, in an attempt to mine for information about
others.<br>
A scan of the subpoena will be up on
<a href="http://tc.indymedia.org">tc.indymedia.org</a>.<br>
If you have any information about this grand jury or have
been<br>
subpoenaed as well, please contact Earth Warriors are OK! at<br>
612-29-EWOKS (612-293-9657) or e-mail
<a href="mailto:ewok@riseup.net">ewok@riseup.net</a>. For further<br>
information about the grand jury in Davenport, visit:<br>
<a href="http://davenportgrandjury.wordpress.com">
davenportgrandjury.wordpress.com</a><br>
Down With Grand Juries! Up the Midwest! Fight the Green
Scare!<br>
Yours, Scott<br>
EWOK!<br>
Anpao Duta Okodakciye<br><br>
<br>
***********Solidarity and Events***********<br><br>
Solidarity rallies are planned in Davenport and Minneapolis on
November<br>
17th. We are encouraging people to hold solidarity rallies in their
own<br>
cities if they can't make the trip.<br><br>
Davenport Rally: 8:15am outside the federal courthouse, 131 E. 4th
St,<br>
Davenport, Iowa<br>
Minneapolis Rally: 9am outside the federal courthouse, 300 S 4th
St.<br><br>
If you don't live in Minneapolis, where will yours be? PDFs of fliers
to<br>
use are at
<a href="http://davenportgrandjury.wordpress.com">
http://davenportgrandjury.wordpress.com</a>, and we're asking<br>
people to let us know about other planned solidarity events.<br><br>
* Also, if you are in Minneapolis, please come to this event on
Thursday,<br>
November 12th!<br><br>
Potluck and Discussion about Grand Jury Resistance<br>
November 12, 6:00 P.M. at the Seward Cafe, 2129 E Franklin Ave,<br>
Minneapolis, MN<br><br>
Come support Carrie and Scott and show that our community will stand<br>
together to fight state repression!<br><br>
At 8:00 there will be a hip-hop show with Testament and Guante.<br><br>
Some info about Testament:<br><br>
Testament is an Anarchist hip-hop artist based in Kanada, and has
become<br>
well-known in radical communities for spitting revolutionary rhymes
at<br>
major demonstrations, festivals, anarchist bookfairs, conferences,
radical<br>
convergences, as well as in the underground hip-hop scene. Here to
change<br>
hip-hop and steal its soul back from the glorified violence,
materialism,<br>
sexism, and racism that the music industry creates promotes and
markets<br>
for their own capitalist purposes, Testament never pulls punches or
shies<br>
away from spreading confrontational dissent through powerful,<br>
thought-provoking rhymes.<br><br>
Get the flyer at
<a href="http://davenportgrandjury.wordpress.com">
http://davenportgrandjury.wordpress.com</a><br><br>
***********General Support Info***********<br><br>
There are a number of additional ways you can help and support Carrie
and<br>
Scott in resisting the grand jury.<br><br>
* Fundraise!<br><br>
While fundraising isn't a huge priority right now, Carrie and Scott
are<br>
still considering options for their representation, and could
require<br>
funds to hire a lawyer with grand jury resistance experience. Also,
it<br>
would be awesome to have money ready to go for commissary if they
are<br>
taken in to jail.<br><br>
You can donate via Paypal at
<a href="http://supportcarrie.wordpress.com">
supportcarrie.wordpress.com</a>.<br><br>
* Spread the word!<br><br>
Prosecutors love it when grand juries function in their shadowy
secretive<br>
lairs and no one knows about it except their quivering targets. Fat<br>
chance! Much like vampires shriveling up in the light of day, grand
juries<br>
have been canceled in the past when the harsh light of public outcry
has<br>
been cast upon them. Any time you hear about grand juries
happening, tell<br>
people about it! And even if one isn't happening, tell people about
what<br>
they are and what they do. Most people have no idea about how they
work,<br>
and they ways in which they are used to violate our rights and
freedoms.<br><br>
On that note, if anyone is interested in making
posters/fliers/pamphlets<br>
about it that would be awesome.<br><br>
* Resist grand juries!<br><br>
As Carrie said, grand juries only work when we are frightened,
complicit,<br>
and divided. So don't be! When the subpoena shows up at your door, put
a<br>
sabot in the cogs of their repressive system and stand up for what
you<br>
believe. Don't let them frighten you, you have an amazing community
of<br>
support and resistance at your back.<br><br>
* Organize!<br><br>
One of the most meaningful ways to support Carrie and Scott is to
continue<br>
organizing and fighting exploitation and oppression.<br><br>
Thanks to everyone for your support! We will post updates at<br>
<a href="http://davenportgrandjury.wordpress.com">
http://davenportgrandjury.wordpress.com</a> as they come.<br><br>
And as always--stay safe, stay strong and fuck grand juries!<br><br>
<br>
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A movement is only as strong as its prisoner support.<br>
<a href="http://www.midwestgreenscare.org">
http://www.midwestgreenscare.org</a><br>
<a href="mailto:fightthegreenscare@riseup.net">
fightthegreenscare@riseup.net</a><br><br>
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