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This Morning Wed July 25th FYI: FBI and JTTF NW Raids Multiple Homes, Grand Jury Subpoenas in Portland, Olympia, Seattle
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From: Carley Phelan <carley...@gmail.com>
To: Carley <carley...@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 5:44 PM
Subject: Grand Jury Alert for Seattle - Talk to people, get in touch with defense committee
From: Carley Phelan <carley...@gmail.com>
To: Carley <carley...@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 5:44 PM
Subject: Grand Jury Alert for Seattle - Talk to people, get in touch with defense committee
Grand Jury Alert for Seattle - Talk to people, talk to lawyer, get in touch with defense committee
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Hey,
As some of you know there were three places raided in Portland this morning and multiple people served with subpoenas in Portland, Olympia and Seattle for alleged stuff on May Day in Seattle.
If you get subpoena'ed, get a lawyer, tell people, get in touch with other defendants and people so that we can coordinate defense and support each other. (~ my .02)
In solidarity,
Carley
206-805-9450
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Hey,
As some of you know there were three places raided in Portland this morning and multiple people served with subpoenas in Portland, Olympia and Seattle for alleged stuff on May Day in Seattle.
If you get subpoena'ed, get a lawyer, tell people, get in touch with other defendants and people so that we can coordinate defense and support each other. (~ my .02)
In solidarity,
Carley
206-805-9450
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From: shon
Date: Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 4:54 PM
Subject: Grand Jury strategy.
Just talked to friend Ben Rosenfeld, a lawyer down in SF who was on a lot of the green scare cases, as well as Jenny, Eric McDavid's partner. Please spread this information widely.
First of all, if people get subpoenas, they really need to get the word out - I'll say it again - secrecy is often the LEAST secure reaction. We all need to know who they're going after, offer them our support, make sure everyone has access to adequate resources, and can coordinate defenses. They already know who they're bullying, so don't hide it from your allies. As a reminder (since such times can inspire paranoia,) it's not illegal, nor incriminating in any way, to support people who are being harassed by the feds! I'm in the process of forming a defense committee, lemme know if you're interested.
The best legal strategy seems to be for some folks who've got subpoenas to hire on private attourneys, and others to apply for public counsel, then have them all coordinate with a defense committee we set up. There's an office called the "CJA Panel Attourney" office, who basically set up indigent clients with private lawyers who are paid by the State to represent poor clients - basically to act as Federal public defenders. Some are likely to be experienced with this kind of thing, others not, but all should be useful if folks coordinate with the lawyers of others who are being harassed, and work together with our defense/anti-harrassment committee. IF ANYONE IS SUBPOENED AND NEEDS A LAWYER, CALL THE CJA OFFICE: 206-553-2510.
Also, even if you don't have the best relations with someone who you know that gets subpoened, it's really important to support them in any way you can. Getting subpoened is scary, and isolating people just makes them more likely to turn to the baddies in despair. Even if you don't trust or like someone, making things harder for them makes things harder for everybody.
Here's a good link to start with:
http://www.nocompromise.org/issues/06crushgj.html
I'm not a lawyer, but my impression is: In brief, in the past, when people have coordinated grand jury resistance, the jury has tended to drop the case. If people answer the grand jury's questions - which can be tempting, with no friends or defense attourneys allowed in the room, and a bunch of conservative jurors and a nasty prosecutor firing questions and threats at you - all of that information will be used to subpoena further people in the investigation, and ultimately to cobble together serious indictments against a few "targets." If people refuse to go along with it, legally they can theoretically get contempt for up to two years (I believe depending how much longer the jury is convened) but they are almost always let go with no consequences. If people start talking and then refuse to answer questions, or if they are found guilty of lying in court, then they are liable for perjury, a much more serious charge w/ a max of 5 years.
Solidarity,
shon
From: shon
Date: Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 4:54 PM
Subject: Grand Jury strategy.
Just talked to friend Ben Rosenfeld, a lawyer down in SF who was on a lot of the green scare cases, as well as Jenny, Eric McDavid's partner. Please spread this information widely.
First of all, if people get subpoenas, they really need to get the word out - I'll say it again - secrecy is often the LEAST secure reaction. We all need to know who they're going after, offer them our support, make sure everyone has access to adequate resources, and can coordinate defenses. They already know who they're bullying, so don't hide it from your allies. As a reminder (since such times can inspire paranoia,) it's not illegal, nor incriminating in any way, to support people who are being harassed by the feds! I'm in the process of forming a defense committee, lemme know if you're interested.
The best legal strategy seems to be for some folks who've got subpoenas to hire on private attourneys, and others to apply for public counsel, then have them all coordinate with a defense committee we set up. There's an office called the "CJA Panel Attourney" office, who basically set up indigent clients with private lawyers who are paid by the State to represent poor clients - basically to act as Federal public defenders. Some are likely to be experienced with this kind of thing, others not, but all should be useful if folks coordinate with the lawyers of others who are being harassed, and work together with our defense/anti-harrassment committee. IF ANYONE IS SUBPOENED AND NEEDS A LAWYER, CALL THE CJA OFFICE: 206-553-2510.
Also, even if you don't have the best relations with someone who you know that gets subpoened, it's really important to support them in any way you can. Getting subpoened is scary, and isolating people just makes them more likely to turn to the baddies in despair. Even if you don't trust or like someone, making things harder for them makes things harder for everybody.
Here's a good link to start with:
http://www.nocompromise.org/issues/06crushgj.html
I'm not a lawyer, but my impression is: In brief, in the past, when people have coordinated grand jury resistance, the jury has tended to drop the case. If people answer the grand jury's questions - which can be tempting, with no friends or defense attourneys allowed in the room, and a bunch of conservative jurors and a nasty prosecutor firing questions and threats at you - all of that information will be used to subpoena further people in the investigation, and ultimately to cobble together serious indictments against a few "targets." If people refuse to go along with it, legally they can theoretically get contempt for up to two years (I believe depending how much longer the jury is convened) but they are almost always let go with no consequences. If people start talking and then refuse to answer questions, or if they are found guilty of lying in court, then they are liable for perjury, a much more serious charge w/ a max of 5 years.
Solidarity,
shon
From: "M. Bernardo McLaughlin" <circl...@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 25, 2012 1:12 PM
Subject: FYI: FBI and JTTF Raid Multiple Homes, Grand Jury Subpoenas in Portland, Olympia, Seattle
According to the article this is believed to be related to the occupy
movement in the northwest. I don't think it's an exaggeration that
Seattle and Portland have had some of the more significant
developments over the last year, and that this is probably a response
to the real, militant, cross-movement organizing that's been going on.
http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/home-raids-grand-jury-subpoenas-portland-olympia-seattle/6233/
--
M. Bernardo McLaughlin
860-416-4575
Worst Hartford, CT
Hartford Network for Solidarity // Hart-N-Sol
Common Struggle Libertarian Communist Federation //
Lucha Común Federación Comunista Libertaria
Date: Jul 25, 2012 1:12 PM
Subject: FYI: FBI and JTTF Raid Multiple Homes, Grand Jury Subpoenas in Portland, Olympia, Seattle
According to the article this is believed to be related to the occupy
movement in the northwest. I don't think it's an exaggeration that
Seattle and Portland have had some of the more significant
developments over the last year, and that this is probably a response
to the real, militant, cross-movement organizing that's been going on.
http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/home-raids-grand-jury-subpoenas-portland-olympia-seattle/6233/
--
M. Bernardo McLaughlin
860-416-4575
Worst Hartford, CT
Hartford Network for Solidarity // Hart-N-Sol
Common Struggle Libertarian Communist Federation //
Lucha Común Federación Comunista Libertaria
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