By Lauren Regan, CLDC Executive Directory and attorney As most of you know, the CLDC has defended the rights of activists, people of color, those experiencing emotional distress, and many other marginalized and targeted communities both on the streets and in the courtroom. We work extremely hard to hold police accountable for their abuse of …
April 2015 archive
Apr 29
Arson at Veracruz (Mexico) Veterinary Facility (delayed report)
Received anonymously (translation): We take responsibility for the arson on May 10, 2013 on the premises of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, in the town of Xalapa, Veracruz. This institution like so many others through the cynical welfarist discourse, supports a hypocritical regulation of the exploitation suffered by nonhuman animals in the area of scientific …
Apr 23
June 11th: International Day of Solidarity With Marius Mason, Eric McDavid & All Longterm Anarchist Prisoners
June 11, 2015 : TRANSITION : The struggle’s not over… The last year has been full of changes and transitions for our imprisoned comrades and for those of us engaged in struggle on the other side of the walls. Now, solidly in the throes of spring, we feel compelled to celebrate these transitions and victories …
Apr 18
FBI admits flaws in hair analysis over decades
Washington Post By Spencer S. Hsu The Justice Department and FBI have formally acknowledged that nearly every examiner in an elite FBI forensic unit gave flawed testimony in almost all trials in which they offered evidence against criminal defendants over more than a two-decade period before 2000. Of 28 examiners with the FBI Laboratory’s microscopic …
Apr 02
FBI, CCSO investigate ‘eco-terrorists’ at Beavercreek farm
Portland Tribune Written by Raymond Rendleman Bird breeders in Beavercreek lost approximately 50 pheasants valued at $1,000 when an unknown number of suspects cut a lock to open up an aviary housing the animals last month. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office took the initial report at about 1:07 p.m. on March 18 at Estacada Game …