PLEASE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE NATO 5! Here more info: Our radical friends in DC organized
this March-May 20-2013! SOLIDARITY FROM AADC! FREE NATO
5!https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.168589029968300.1073741835.100004516118117&type=1
---- 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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AADC contact: https://www.facebook.com/anarchistalliance.dc
AADC Participation-FREE NATO 5 MARCH-2013-Washington, DC
Anarchist Alliance DC (AADC) Participated in the march for the NATO 5- May 20-2013! 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. Continue reading this article
by: http://nato5support.wordpress.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Free-the-Nato5/172345546229824?fref=ts AADC contact:
https://www.facebook.com/anarchistalliance.dc
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Free-the-Nato5/172345546229824?fref=ts
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