I-69 resisters arrested in Indiana PLEASE HELP MY FRIENDS AND REPOST
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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.
instructions here: http://mostlyeverything.net/3.html They're also taking
returnable donations to go specifically towards bail.
>> 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.