(en) US, Anarchist Alliance DC (AADC) Participated in the march for the NATO 5- May 20-2013! ~ CookingFood.Org

Please check the link below this article and share with others! ---- In the days leading
up to the Chicago NATO summit in May 2012, five anti-NATO activists were prememptively
arrested after undercover informants infiltrated the Occupy movement. Co-defendants Brent
Betterly, Jared Chase, and Brian Church were charged with 11 felonies, some of which were
brought under the Illinois state terrorism statute. Their attorneys challenged the
terrorism statute as unconstitutional on its face and as applied to this case, but the
judge denied their motion to dismiss the terrorism charges on March 27, 2013. The NATO 3
trial is currently scheduled for mid-September 2013. In two separate cases, Sebastian
Senakiewicz was charged with falsely making a terrorist threat and took a non-cooperating
plea deal in November 2012.

Mark Neiweem ws charged with soliciting materials for an explosive device and probation
violation. He took a non-cooperating plea deal in April 2013 and was sentenced to 3 years
in prison. All 5 defendants remain incarcerated.

These cases are linked by a common thread?undercover Chicago police officers who targeted
and entrapped the activists because of their politics. They are also part of a broader
pattern of state repression against political activists, in which charging activists as
terrorists is one of many strategies being used to silence dissent and dismantle activist
communities. Other recent cases in which activists have been targeted include the
Cleveland 4, the Green Scare cases, and the Pacific Northwest Grand Jury resisters.

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In the days leading up to the Chicago NATO summit in May 2012, five anti-NATO activists
were prememptively arrested after undercover informants infiltrated the Occupy movement.
Co-defendants Brent Betterly, Jared Chase, and Brian Church were charged with 11 felonies,
some of which were brought under the Illinois state terrorism statute. Their attorneys
challenged the terrorism statute as unconstitutional on its face and as applied to this
case, but the judge denied their motion to dismiss the terrorism charges on March 27,
2013. The NATO 3 trial is currently scheduled for mid-September 2013. In two separate
cases, Sebastian Senakiewicz was charged with falsely making a terrorist threat and took a
non-cooperating plea deal in November 2012. Mark Neiweem ws charged with soliciting
materials for an explosive device and probation violation. He took a non-cooperating plea
deal in April 2013 and was sentenced to 3 years in prison. All 5 defendants remain
incarcerated.

More information about the defendants and their cases can be found by navigating through
the links at the top of the website. You can also donate to the support fund through the
link at the top right of each page, as donations are urgently needed for legal and
prisoner support needs. To keep up-to-date, sign up for our announcements listserv (see
the sidebar at the right), find us on Facebook at Free the NATO 5!, and follow us on
Twitter @FreeNATO5.

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