Green Scare

Submitted by vorse on Tue, 05/30/2006 - 9:43pm. -

Last updated August 4, 2007.

"On December 7th, 2005 federal and local law enforcement began the largest roundup of alleged environmental and animal liberation activists in American history. That day the FBI arrested six people in four different states and issued Grand Jury subpoenas to several others. Over the next few months, the number of arrests, indictments, and subpoenas would mount in what the government called "Operation Backfire" and what activists would eventually term "THE GREEN SCARE" - referring to the era of oppression that coincided with Operation Backfire." from the North American Earth Liberation Prisoners Support Network.

SYNOPSIS OF THE ECO-SABOTAGE CASE
ECO-SABOTAGE DEFENDANTS
GREEN SCARE RESOURCES
PRISONER SUPPORT
BLOGS
ARTICLES ABOUT THE GREEN SCARE
GRAND JURY RESOURCES
OTHER RELATED CASES AND PRISONERS

ECO-SABOTAGE DEFENDANTS

NATHAN BLOCK
-- Sentenced to 7 years
-- Non-cooperating defendant. Accepted plea agreement that "explicitly rejected any requirement to identify, provide information on or testify against others." Earth First! Brigid 2007.
-- Sentencing memos

CHELSEA GERLACH
-- Sentenced to 9 years.
-- Cooperated with the government in its investigation.
-- Sentencing memos

ZACHARY JENSEN
-- Cooperating with the government in its investigation.

JENNIFER KOLAR
-- Cooperating with the government in its investigation.

ERIC MCDAVID
-- Non-cooperating defendant. His trial is scheduled to begin on September 10, 2007.

DANIEL MCGOWAN
-- Sentenced to 7 years.
-- Non-cooperating defendant. Accepted plea agreement that "explicitly rejected any requirement to identify, provide information on or testify against others." Earth First! Brigid 2007.
-- Sentencing memos

STANISLAS G. MEYERHOFF
-- Sentenced to 13 years.
-- Cooperated with the government in its investigation.
-- Sentencing memos

JONATHAN PAUL
-- Sentenced to 4 years.
-- Non-cooperating defendant. Accepted plea agreement that "explicitly rejected any requirement to identify, provide information on or testify against others." Earth First! Brigid 2007.
-- Sentencing memos

LACEY PHILLABAUM
-- Cooperating with the government in its investigation.

WILLIAM RODGERS {in memory of}

SUZANNE SAVOIE
-- Sentenced to 4 years.
-- Cooperated with the government in its investigation.
-- Sentencing memos

KENDALL TANKERSLEY
-- Sentenced to 3 years (on August 3, 2007 sentence reduced by 5 months).
-- Cooperated with the government in its investigation.
-- Sentencing memos

DARREN THURSTON
-- Sentenced to 3 years.
-- Cooperated with the government in its investigation.
-- Sentencing memos

KEVIN TUBBS
-- Sentenced to 12 years.
-- Cooperated with the government in its investigation.
-- Sentencing memos

BRIANA WATERS
-- Non-cooperating defendant. Her trial is scheduled to begin on September 17, 2007.

LAUREN WEINER
-- Cooperating with the government in its investigation.

JOYANNA ZACHER
-- Sentenced to 7 years.
-- Non-cooperating defendant. Accepted plea agreement that "explicitly rejected any requirement to identify, provide information on or testify against others." Earth First! Brigid 2007.
-- Sentencing memos

Not in custody
* Joseph Dibee
* Josephine Overaker
* Rebecca Rubin
* Justin Solondz

Unindicted cooperating witness
* Jacob Ferguson

GREEN SCARE RESOURCES

The National Lawyers Guild has established a hotline, 888-NLG-ECOLAW, for individuals arrested or subpoenaed for offenses related to environmental or animal activism.

* Civil Liberties Defense Center: The Green Scare and Eco-Indictments
* Olympia Civil Liberties Resource
* Portland Independent Media Center Green Scare Section