Law

Killer Of Chilean Folk Singer Victor Jara To Face US Justice

May 14, 2015 Alfonso Serrano, www.america.aljazeera.com Resist! Art, Criminal Justice, Law, Music

More than four decades after Chilean folk singer Victor Jara was tortured and executed in Santiago’s Chile Stadium, in the wake of the military coup that brought dictator Augusto Pinochet to power in 1973, an army lieutenant accused of killing the musician will face a civil lawsuit in the United States. A U.S. district court in Florida agreed this week to hear the case against Pedro Barrientos Nuñez, the former lieutenant now residing in south Florida, who is alleged to have assassinated Jara, the poet and songwriter who became an iconic symbol of the struggle against Pinochet’s regime and one of Latin America’s most prominent protest singers. The U.S.-based Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), which filed the lawsuit on behalf of Jara’s wife and daughters, reacted with mixed emotions after the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida agreed to hear the case.

No Indictment In Madison Police Killing Of Tony Robinson

May 13, 2015 Zoe Sullivan and Oliver Laughland, www.theguardian.com Educate! Criminal Justice, Impunity, Law, police brutality, Racial Justice

The white officer who shot dead biracial 19 year-old Tony Robinson in Madison,Wisconsin will not face criminal charges it was announced on Tuesday, more than 10 weeks since the teenager’s death. Following an inquiry by Wisconsin’s state division of criminal investigation [DCI], the Dane County district attorney Ismael Ozanne declined to prosecute Madison police officer Matt Kenny, who responded to a number of 911 calls on6 March reporting Robinson was acting erratically and had allegedly assaulted at least one person in the street outside his shared apartment. At a packed press conference, Ozanne delivered a detailed description of Kenny’s fatal encounter with Robinson, drawing from the officer’s account and dashcam footage from Kenny’s patrol car.

SunsetThePatriotAct.Com Demands End To Mass Surveillance

May 13, 2015 Demand Progress, www.demand-progress.tumblr.com Resist! Congress, Law, Surveillance

As the House prepares for a vote on the USA Freedom Act this week, 13 netroots groups—representing approximately 10 million Americans—have launched a campaign and activism website calling on Congress to reject reauthorization of key provisions of the PATRIOT Act. Instead, the site calls for Congress to allow PATRIOT Act provisions—including Section 215, which has been exploited to justify the collection of data on millions of innocent Americans’ phone calls—to sunset on June 1st. Netroots groups plan to use the site to generate hundreds of thousands of emails and tens of thousands of phone calls to Congress over the next two weeks. Internet users may visit SunsetThePatriotAct.com to make their voices heard.

Canada May Charge BDS Supporters With Hate Crimes

May 12, 2015 Neil Macdonald, www.cbc.ca Resist! BDS, Canada, Israel, Law, Political Prisoner

The Harper government is signalling its intention to use hate crime laws against Canadian advocacy groups that encourage boycotts of Israel. Such a move could target a range of civil society organizations, from the United Church of Canada and the Canadian Quakers to campus protest groups and labour unions. If carried out, it would be a remarkably aggressive tactic, and another measure of the Conservative government's lockstep support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. While the federal government certainly has the authority to assign priorities, such as pursuing certain types of hate speech, to the RCMP, any resulting prosecution would require an assent from a provincial attorney general. And it would almost certainly be challenged under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, civil liberties groups say.

Enbridge Bypasses U.S. Permit For $7-billion Pipeline Upgrade

May 12, 2015 Jeffrey Jones, www.theglobeandmail.com Educate! Canada, Environment, FERC, Law

Enbridge Inc.’s $7-billion replacement of a major oil pipeline – its largest project to date – will boost overall shipping capacity to the United States while sharply reducing the maintenance bill on its system, the company says. The replacement has the added benefit of allowing Enbridge to avoid a U.S. State Department presidential permit process that has led to long delays in decisions for TransCanada Corp.’s contentious Keystone XL pipeline and Enbridge’s own Alberta Clipper pipeline expansion, CEO Al Monaco said. Enbridge said it has support from its shippers to replace the 46-year-old Line 3 between Edmonton and Superior, Wisc., with new pipes. The existing line has suffered a number of ruptures over the years and currently runs well under capacity.

Ploughshares Nuclear Weapons Protest Conviction Overturned

May 9, 2015 Transform Now Plowshares, www.transformnowplowshares.wordpress.com Resist! Civil Disobedeince, Law, Nuclear Energy

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a decision in favor of the Megan Rice, Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed who were convicted in 2013 of sabotage for their July 28, 2012 Transform Now Plowshares protest of nuclear weapons production at the Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. “The purpose of the action of Michael, Megan and Greg was to call attention to the ongoing production of thermonuclear weapons components at the bomb plant in Oak Ridge and, more specifically, to oppose plans to build a new, multi-billion dollar bomb plant—the Uranium Processing Facility—at Y12,” said Ralph Hutchison, coordinator of the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance.

NSA Mass Phone Surveillance Revealed By Snowden Ruled Illegal

May 9, 2015 Dan Roberts and Spencer Ackerman, www.theguardian.com Resist! Law, NSA, Privacy, Surveillance

The US court of appeals has ruled that the bulk collection of telephone metadata is unlawful, in a landmark decision that clears the way for a full legal challenge against the National Security Agency. A panel of three federal judges for the second circuit overturned an earlier rulingthat the controversial surveillance practice first revealed to the US public by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013 could not be subject to judicial review. But the judges also waded into the charged and ongoing debate over the reauthorization of a key Patriot Act provision currently before US legislators. That provision, which the appeals court ruled the NSA program surpassed, will expire on 1 June amid gridlock in Washington on what to do about it.

Ferguson Defends Arrest Of Man Who Was Filming Police

May 9, 2015 Ryan J. Reilly, www.huffingtonpost.com Resist! Ferguson, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of the Press, Law, Media, police brutality

City officials in Ferguson, Missouri, are defending the arrest of an observer who was filming an arrest during a protest last month, telling a federal court that the city should not be held in contempt for violating an earlier order intended to protect the rights of journalists and citizens to record in public places. Scott Kampas was filming the police response to a small protest outside the Ferguson Police Department in the early evening hours of April 14. When one protester was taken into custody, Kampas took a step into the street, which had already been blocked off by the police, and was immediately taken into custody.

Groups Appeal Feds Approval Of Cove Point Fracked Gas Export Facility

May 8, 2015 Kelly Trout, www.chesapeakeclimate.org Resist! Environment, FERC, Law, Oil & Gas

Environmental groups sued the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today over its decision to approve a massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal along the Chesapeake Bay in southern Maryland without conducting a rigorous environmental review. The lawsuit, filed in the federal appeals court for the D.C. Circuit, charges that FERC circumvented the law by failing to consider how Dominion Resources’ $3.8 billion Cove Point project would trigger expanded fracking for natural gas in the Marcellus shale region, leading to significant new amounts of air, water and climate-disrupting pollution. Additionally, the groups contend that FERC failed to adequately consider the impact of foreign ships dumping dirty wastewater into the Chesapeake Bay. Earthjustice filed the suit today on behalf of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Patuxent Riverkeeper, and Sierra Club.

Comcast Got What It Deserved

May 8, 2015 Mark Plotkin, www.thehill.com Resist! Capitalism, Comcast, FCC, Law, Monopoly

Comcast, the giant cable company, is one of the most reviled companies in America. It is notorious for its terrible and odious customer service. In addition to this infamous reputation, it sought to become ever-bigger and more powerful. Not satisfied with its dominance and near-monopolistic position, it sought to buy Time Warner Cable and become ever more dominant and unmistakably a true monopoly in cable and broadband. To accomplish this goal, it hired legions of lobbyists and public relations flacks. Early on, it looked like it had the clout to win. President Obama made more than one visit to Comcast Vice President David Cohen's home to attend fundraisers. Even more stunning and blatant, the chairman and CEO of the company (and co-founder's son), Brian Roberts, golfed with Obama on Martha's Vineyard, Mass. Talk about being well-connected!

31 Arrested On Mauna Kea, Mauna Kea Hui Responds

May 7, 2015 Big Island Video News, www.bigislandvideonews.com Resist! Environment, Hawaii, Law, Police

There are no words… we are deeply deeply saddened by the arrests today of our Hawaiian brothers and sisters and other citizens who were peacefully protecting Mauna Kea from further desecration while we wait for Hawaiʻi’s courts to hear our appeal. In aloha we’ve directly sought the help of Governor Ige, Hawaiʻi Island Mayor Kenoi, University of Hawaiʻi President Lassner and Hawaiʻi County Prosecutor Roth. But so far none of them have stepped forward to intervene on our behalf. Last night we were informed by the Governor’s Chief of Staff that there was ‘too much construction company money at stake” for us to expect Governor Ige to use his executive authority to hold off construction until our appeal can be heard by the State Supreme Court.

Canada Set To Pass It’s Patriot Act Despite Opposition

May 6, 2015 David Christopher, www.rabble.ca Resist! Canada, Law, Privacy, Surveillance

It's rare in Canadian politics to see intense public interest in government legislative proposals -- let alone to see Canadians take to the streets in the tens of thousands to protest a piece of legislation by name. Yet that's exactly what has happened in the case of Bill C-51, which critics, including The Globe and Mail's editorial team,say will undermine basic democratic values and lead to the creation of a "secret police force" in Canada. In the space of a few short months since Bill C-51 was announced, hundreds of thousands of people have taken action to stop it: signing petitions, writing letters to local newspapers, phoning and writing to their member of Parliament, and hitting the streets in nationwide demonstrations in over 70 communities across Canada.

Corporate ‘Exorcism’ Held Outside London Law Firm

May 2, 2015 RT, www.rt.com Resist! England, Free Trade, Law, TTIP

A group of radical performance activists who hail from New York staged an “exorcism” of corporate power outside an international law firm in London to raise awareness about the dangers of an EU-US trade deal being brokered behind closed doors. The group, Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir, conduct creative and political performances across the globe to preserve local communities, life and the imagination. On their website, they describe themselves as “wild anti-consumerist gospel shouters and Earth loving urban activists.” In a symbolic act of political protest on Thursday, the performance artists targeted the London office of global law firm King & Spalding over its role in Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) litigation.

We The People Amendment (HJR48) Introduced In 114th Congress

May 1, 2015 Move To Amend, www.movetoamend.org Create! Campaign Finance, Constitution, Corporate Personhood, Law

The movement for constitutional reforms that would end what organizers call “corporate rule” has arrived in the chambers of Congress. This morning, members of the U.S. House of Representatives joined Move to Amend by announcing their sponsorship of the “We the People Amendment” (House Joint Resolution 48), which clearly and unequivocally states that: Rights recognized under the Constitution belong to human beings only, and not to government-created artificial legal entities such as corporations and limited liability companies; and Political campaign spending is not a form of speech protected under the First Amendment. Leesa "George" Friday, a spokesperson for Move to Amend, agreed, saying: "Today, members of Congress join a movement that insists on the fundamental equality of all Americans, and that rejects the idea that the corporate class should have special protections against We the People.”

Shoshana Hebshi Settles Suit Against TSA, Airline

April 24, 2015 Lisa Simeone, www.tsanewsblog.com Resist! Constituion, Criminal Justice, Law, National Security

The American Civil Liberties Union announced a settlement in its lawsuit filed on behalf of Shoshana Hebshi, a mother of two who was pulled off an airplane at gunpoint, arrested, strip-searched, and detained. The case was brought against Frontier Airlines and several government defendants. The ACLU charged that Hebshi, who is of Saudi Arabian and Jewish descent, was singled out at Detroit Metropolitan Airport because of her Middle Eastern name and appearance. Hebshi was never accused of any wrongdoing, and a federal judge twice denied defendants’ attempts to have her claims thrown out. “People do not forfeit their constitutional rights when they step onto an airplane,” said Rachel Goodman, an attorney with the ACLU’s Racial Justice Program.

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