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short story:
Tiga and Hugh were both arrested yesterday on warrants in scary and
police-state-ish ways. They are being held collectively for $300,000 bail
or $30,000 bond. They both appear to have been targeted as "leaders" of
the I-69 campaign.
Their charges are as follows:
2 counts of intimidation, 2 counts of conversion (all misdemeanors) and 1
count of corrupt business influence (a class C felony).
These charges carry very intense consequences if they are found guilty and
sentenced. Tiga and Hugh need your support! please donate what you can,
and any money donated for bail can be paid back to you if you specify so.
Stand in solidarity with your friends and comrades who are far away!
Stand together against state intimidation! continue to fight against
neo-colonialism and global capitalism and ecological destruction!
about I-69:
I-69 is a big bad superhighway project of NAFTA that strives to continue
destroying autonomous indiginous communities in central and south america,
as well as devastating the ecosystems it will cut through, as well as
fucking over and destroying the livelihood of farmers, as well as
destroying towns along its path in southern indiana and the states its
slated to pave through next, as well as spreading neocolonialism, as well
as promoting world trade and global capitalism, etc.
long story:
from http://mostlyeverything.net/index.html
In what appears to be the culmination of a several year long case the
state has been building against I-69 resistance, two Indiana residents,
Tiga and Hugh, were arrested this afternoon. Although the charges against
the two include individual acts, for the majority they are trumped up
charges of conspiracy - fairly explicitly, conspiracy to collectively
organize, to challenge environmental and social devastation perpetrated
by the state and capital - leveled against any (not easily recuperative)
movement against I-69. Although it appears that no other warrants have
been issued, that for now no other individuals will be facing the severe
penalties these charges carry, it must be noted that this brash move by
the state is a most blatant affront to any initiative towards social
organization.
Tiga, a long time Indiana resident, was arrested early today as she
appeared in Gibson County court on charges stemming from anti-I-69 actions
this past summer. The arrest was made by the Indiana State Police,
including Officer Brad Chandler, a particularly slimy scumbag whose full
time job it is to harass environmental activists. Tiga is being held on
$10,000 cash bond by the state police on five charge: 2 counts of
intimidation, 2 counts of conversion (all misdemeanors) and 1 count of
corrupt business influence (a class C felony). She is currently being held
in the Pike County jail (812-354-6024), though it’s possible she’ll be
moved around.
A couple hours after Tiga was accosted at the courthouse, Hugh was
arrested in northern Indiana by a US marshal driving an unmarked vehicle.
Rather than pulling over the vehicle Hugh was traveling in, the cop
trailed the car for some unknown duration waiting for it to stop, then
arrested Hugh outside of a gas station. He was then taken to join Tiga in
the Pike County jail, where he is being held on $20,000 cash bond. His
charges are the same as Tiga's, though many of the details of their
warrants differ.
Clearly, lots of help is needed to come up with the $30,000 bond. Whether
or not we can get this figure lowered (included in the state's reasoning
about having such a high bond was the fact that Hugh was known to
distribute anarchist literature), much financial support will be needed
for legal fees, as the two fight charges carrying a maximum of eight
years.
These arrests are an obvious continuance and escalation of the harassment
of anti-I-69 activities in southern Indiana. People in both Evansville and
Bloomington have been systematically targeted by myriad law enforcement
agencies from throughout the state as well as by federal agencies. Nearly
20 folks are still held captive by the court system, facing both criminal
and civil legal pressures stemming from last summer. As the state tries to
squash its opposition by ensnaring individuals in isolating court cases,
by monitoring and threatening individuals to try to pinpoint ‘leaders’ or
groups responsible, it is important to recognize that every such instance
of individual repression is easily and effectively repression of all
resistance. To counter such repression with honest reflection on its
functioning and on how action might challenge rather than support this
repression, is to stand in solidarity with Tiga and Hugh, with the best
things they or we might fight for.
Tiga and Hugh were both arrested yesterday on warrants in scary and
police-state-ish ways. They are being held collectively for $300,000 bail
or $30,000 bond. They both appear to have been targeted as "leaders" of
the I-69 campaign.
Their charges are as follows:
2 counts of intimidation, 2 counts of conversion (all misdemeanors) and 1
count of corrupt business influence (a class C felony).
These charges carry very intense consequences if they are found guilty and
sentenced. Tiga and Hugh need your support! please donate what you can,
and any money donated for bail can be paid back to you if you specify so.
Stand in solidarity with your friends and comrades who are far away!
Stand together against state intimidation! continue to fight against
neo-colonialism and global capitalism and ecological destruction!
about I-69:
I-69 is a big bad superhighway project of NAFTA that strives to continue
destroying autonomous indiginous communities in central and south america,
as well as devastating the ecosystems it will cut through, as well as
fucking over and destroying the livelihood of farmers, as well as
destroying towns along its path in southern indiana and the states its
slated to pave through next, as well as spreading neocolonialism, as well
as promoting world trade and global capitalism, etc.
long story:
from http://mostlyeverything.net/index.html
In what appears to be the culmination of a several year long case the
state has been building against I-69 resistance, two Indiana residents,
Tiga and Hugh, were arrested this afternoon. Although the charges against
the two include individual acts, for the majority they are trumped up
charges of conspiracy - fairly explicitly, conspiracy to collectively
organize, to challenge environmental and social devastation perpetrated
by the state and capital - leveled against any (not easily recuperative)
movement against I-69. Although it appears that no other warrants have
been issued, that for now no other individuals will be facing the severe
penalties these charges carry, it must be noted that this brash move by
the state is a most blatant affront to any initiative towards social
organization.
Tiga, a long time Indiana resident, was arrested early today as she
appeared in Gibson County court on charges stemming from anti-I-69 actions
this past summer. The arrest was made by the Indiana State Police,
including Officer Brad Chandler, a particularly slimy scumbag whose full
time job it is to harass environmental activists. Tiga is being held on
$10,000 cash bond by the state police on five charge: 2 counts of
intimidation, 2 counts of conversion (all misdemeanors) and 1 count of
corrupt business influence (a class C felony). She is currently being held
in the Pike County jail (812-354-6024), though it’s possible she’ll be
moved around.
A couple hours after Tiga was accosted at the courthouse, Hugh was
arrested in northern Indiana by a US marshal driving an unmarked vehicle.
Rather than pulling over the vehicle Hugh was traveling in, the cop
trailed the car for some unknown duration waiting for it to stop, then
arrested Hugh outside of a gas station. He was then taken to join Tiga in
the Pike County jail, where he is being held on $20,000 cash bond. His
charges are the same as Tiga's, though many of the details of their
warrants differ.
Clearly, lots of help is needed to come up with the $30,000 bond. Whether
or not we can get this figure lowered (included in the state's reasoning
about having such a high bond was the fact that Hugh was known to
distribute anarchist literature), much financial support will be needed
for legal fees, as the two fight charges carrying a maximum of eight
years.
These arrests are an obvious continuance and escalation of the harassment
of anti-I-69 activities in southern Indiana. People in both Evansville and
Bloomington have been systematically targeted by myriad law enforcement
agencies from throughout the state as well as by federal agencies. Nearly
20 folks are still held captive by the court system, facing both criminal
and civil legal pressures stemming from last summer. As the state tries to
squash its opposition by ensnaring individuals in isolating court cases,
by monitoring and threatening individuals to try to pinpoint ‘leaders’ or
groups responsible, it is important to recognize that every such instance
of individual repression is easily and effectively repression of all
resistance. To counter such repression with honest reflection on its
functioning and on how action might challenge rather than support this
repression, is to stand in solidarity with Tiga and Hugh, with the best
things they or we might fight for.