{"article":{"id":174218,"heading":"SUPPORT THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEN","author":"FYI","created":"2006-08-16 16:35:16","modified":"2006-08-18 21:24:40","last_modified":"Sat, 19 Aug 2006 05:24:40","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>WHAT: Pre-trail hearing for two of the defenders of the farm at Thursday, August 17th at 9am.  And this Friday August 18th at 9am a trial is set to begin for another farm defender. <br><br> WHEN: 9AM, Thursday, and Friday (17th, and 18th of August) <br><br> WHERE: 210 Temple St., which is between Broadway and Spring <br><br> ACTION: Supporters are requested to attend the hearing and to call the Los Angeles District Attorney at (213) 580-3273 and demand the charges be dropped. <br><br>   <br>  <br> The South Central Ten and their charges. <br><br> Farm Defender One of Ten - 1 count of misdemeanor trespassing <br>  <br> and 1 count of misdemeanor vandalism. <br><br> Farm Defender Two of Ten - 2 counts of misdemeanor trespassing, <br>  <br> 1 count of resisting arrest and 1 count of misdemeanor vandalism. <br><br> Farm Defender Three of Ten - 1 count of misdemeanor vandalism and misdemeanor trespassing. <br><br> Farm Defender Four of Ten - 4 counts of trespassing, 3 counts of <br>  <br> resisting arrest, 1 count of misdemeanor destruction of property and 1 count of resisting arrest. <br><br> Farm Defender Five of Ten - 1 count of misdemeanor vandalism and 1 count of misdemeanor trespassing. <br><br> Farm Defender Six of Ten - 2 counts of misdemeanor vandalism and 1 count of trespassing. <br><br> Farm Defender Seven of Ten - 1 count of misdemeanor trespassing. <br><br> Farm Defender Eight of Ten - 1 count of misdemeanor vandalism, 2 counts of trespassing and 1 felony count of assault on a police officer  <br><br> Farm Defender Nine of Ten - Felony vandalism.   <br><br> Farm Defender Ten of Ten - 1 count of felony vandalism.  <br><br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.la.indymedia.org\/archives\/archive_by_id.php?id=1193&category_id=3","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"On July 5th of this year ten courageous environmental activists took direct action in an attempt to stop the destruction of the South Central Farm.  Their actions were non-violent, yet they received injuries from police violence.  Now they are facing excessive charges from the Los Angeles District Attorney office.  The hearings for three of these defenders of the farm begin this Thursday.  Supporters of the fight to take back the South Central Farm are asked to attend the hearing to show support for those who put themselves on the frontline in the fight for environmental justice.","numcomment":8,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2006\/08\/farm-defense-2a.jpg","filesize":"21.1 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2006\/08\/174218.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2006\/08\/farm-defense-2a.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2006\/08\/farm-defense-2a.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":174262,"heading":"@ defender","article":"the last charge for Steven should have read &quot;1 count of violating a restraining order.&quot;  this is an absurd charge since Steven was never servedx or had any knowledge of a restraining order against the activists.","author":"@","parent_id":174218,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-08-16 18:48:49","modified":"2006-08-16 18:48:49","fileurl":""},{"id":174278,"heading":"N LG representing activists","article":"i spoke with the attorney firm representing the farmers in their appeal to thew 9th circuit this morning and everyone is being represented by competent council for their upcoming trials.  if you have any legal questions or comments please post them or call and we will address them with our attorneys.  thank you for all your support!!!","author":"@","parent_id":174218,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-08-16 19:35:56","modified":"2006-08-16 19:35:56","fileurl":""},{"id":174302,"heading":"Direct Action?","article":"So what exactly was involved in this &quot;direct action&quot;?  What did they destroy?  Whose private property was destroyed?","author":"Bob","parent_id":174218,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-08-16 20:16:47","modified":"2006-08-16 20:16:47","fileurl":""},{"id":174419,"heading":"Whom?","article":"Is that a rhetorical question?","author":"Skoot","parent_id":174218,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-08-17 02:21:19","modified":"2006-08-17 02:21:19","fileurl":""},{"id":174652,"heading":"direct action","article":"direct action is when you take something on yourself and act...instead of waiting for the courts or jan perry to stop the bulldozer they went in a did it....and all of them are being represented by the public defenders office...the national lawyers guild (farmers lawyers) has little to nothing to do with them","author":"matt","parent_id":174218,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-08-18 17:09:30","modified":"2006-08-18 17:09:30","fileurl":""},{"id":174691,"heading":"Destroyed?","article":"The &quot;direct action&quot; taken was the destruction of the crops.  Rather than wait for the courts to come to a definitive decision, Horowitz took the initiative to destroy the crops.  Had he lost, he might have been sued for their destruction.\r\n\r\nCorporations will generally take risks like this, because actions speak louder than words.  The physical act of destroying the crops, like the physical act of rape, sends an intimidating signal to the people.  Corporations will often break the laws, or bend rules, or violate their agreements, to make a physical presence to dispirit their opponents.  It's a kind of &quot;rape&quot; they commit to dominate a situation.\r\n\r\nIf they lose, they chalk it up to the cost of doing business.","author":"xperience","parent_id":174218,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-08-18 21:24:45","modified":"2006-08-18 21:24:45","fileurl":""}]}