http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/08/grand-jury-refusers-five-months-and-counting-plus-solitary-since-december Comments On: Grand Jury Refusers: Five Months and Counting, Plus Solitary Since December by Brendan Kiley en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by David Thomas]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:03:29 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Irrelevent]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:30:26 -0800 The Stranger Posted by pinbalwyz]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:42:43 -0800 The Stranger
The parallels between the current abuse of the federal Grand Jury system and the 1950's abuse of Congressional Hearings (The McCarthy Hearings before the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities: "Are you now or have you ever been a Communist? Do you know any Communists? What are their names?") It's not hyperbole to characterize Durkan's gambit as a witch hunt. IMO, the placement of the Grand Jury Resisters in solitary for such an extended period for little/NOTHING amounts to a violation of the 8th Amendment--cruel and unusual punishment. Rest assured, if any of the Grand Jury Resisters had done something improper or violated one of the rules, the feds would be only too eager to disclose it to the press in an effort to discredit the prisoners. If the prisoners were at risk of imminent harm in the general population, the feds would be quick to use the fact to excuse their actions. Their silence (even to the attorneys seeking the reason for solitary) speaks volumes. They're tightening the screws in an effort to torture the Resisters until they break. It's also possible the Resisters were raising the consciousness of their fellow prisoners to the point the feds couldn't stomach it. Finally, it's possible to find out a great deal of information from other prisoners while in custody. The Grand Jury Resisters may have been learning too much from other inmates about mutual acquaintances and what was going down behind the scenes. In any event, these prisons and solitary torture chambers are barbaric, cause irreversible physical and mental injury; they are despicable examples of how a supposedly civilized 'democracy' treats its own: Terror, unquestioned obedience and more--the insistence that obeying Big Brother isn't enough, that one must 'LOVE' Big Brother. -amicuscuria.com/wordpress-
Posted by pinbalwyz]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:34:22 -0800 The Stranger
Yes, it's patently absurd for those of us who spend at least some of our time outside the ideology-bubble of the radical anarchist, but we need to understand that for those who never leave that bubble, your ridicule is simply proof that "The System" is eternally crafty when it comes to concocting strategies to counter the incontrovertible and morally unassailable position of The Revolutionary*.

* this is obviously and equally true for adherents of radical-right political ideologies, of course.

(shorter: it is essentially impossible to argue a paranoid personality out of a political position)
Posted by robotslave]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:24:50 -0800 The Stranger I don't think this bs will stop until we come together and protest or if that doesn't work take them from the prison in a non or limited violence way.

Hey Hey
Ho Ho
Grand jury abuse
Has got to go!

ha ha ha ha ha ha!!
Posted by Unbrainwashed]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:43:03 -0800 The Stranger
is this why she is prosecuting [persecuting really] our local activists?

"The Post, back in November, reported on rumors of Breuer's desire to move on, and The National Law Journal in December also noted that Breuer is expected to call it quits. (The NLJ mentioned a couple of potential contenders for his job, including Paul Fishman, the U.S. attorney for New Jersey, and Jenny Durkan, the U.S. attorney in Seattle.)"

http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2013/0…
Posted by Linda J]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:11:16 -0800 The Stranger
I don't think this bs will stop until we come together and protest or if that doesn't work take them from the prison in a non or limited violence way.

And Holder needs to be gone we can't have four more years of that hack.
Posted by toyotabedzrock]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:03:54 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Unbrainwashed]]> Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:14:43 -0800 The Stranger Posted by rcrantz]]> Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:51:46 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Unbrainwashed]]> Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:00:18 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Unbrainwashed]]> Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:23:48 -0800 The Stranger
I'm actually very pleased to see so many people speaking out in support of the Grand Jury Resisters. A lot of us have been doing everything we can to raise awareness about the Grand Jury Resisters and incarcerated Anons, and we are gaining a lot of new support from all around the world. Those who defend government corruption and political repression are as guilty as those who perpetrate it...

Trending on Twitter... #GJResisters #FreeAnons #NoPoliticalRepression
http://nopoliticalrepression.org
http://www.freeanons.org
Posted by AnonSeattle13]]> Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:49:53 -0800 The Stranger
I'm actually very pleased to see so many people speaking out in support of the Grand Jury Resisters. A lot of us have been doing everything we can to raise awareness about the Grand Jury Resisters and incarcerated Anons, and we are gaining a lot of new support from all around the world. Those who defend government corruption and political repression are as guilty as those who perpetrate it...

Trending on Twitter... #GJResisters #FreeAnons #NoPoliticalRepression
http://nopoliticalrepression.org
http://www.freeanons.org
Posted by AnonSeattle13]]> Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:45:08 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:08:52 -0800 The Stranger Posted by colotov mocktail]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:50:43 -0800 The Stranger
That clear?
Posted by Unbrainwashed]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:04:10 -0800 The Stranger Posted by clashfan]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2013 14:40:29 -0800 The Stranger Posted by blackflags]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:52:05 -0800 The Stranger
what do you really think of this situation? what is the implication of a imprisonment system that operates as you describe it?

saying that "life's a bitch" in this case is quite hollow. we are not talking about life, we are talking about an institution that by birth we are subjected to. not to mention, we are discussing an institution that pupports to be about creating "justice."

so, will you tell us what you really think of all this, so that we might better understand why you refuse to acknowledge people's rightful disapproval of the actions of the state?

should we all just say, "lifes a bitch" and forgive the prison system?
Posted by scottdavis]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:41:52 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Unbrainwashed]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:29:16 -0800 The Stranger 86 Days and Counting

It has now been exactly 86 days since Brendan Kiley stopped going through the trouble to calculate exactly how many days have passed since Leah Lynn-Plante was released *COUGH* the political martyrs Matty and KTeeO were totally bogusly imprisoned.

* THOU SHALT NOT SPEAK OF THE RIGHTEOUSLY UNPERSONED
Posted by robotslave]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:54:37 -0800 The Stranger
I think you might want to consider lecturing them, not me, about what they do and do not know. Just a thought.
Posted by Unbrainwashed]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:42:18 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pick1]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:29:17 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Unbrainwashed]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:20:27 -0800 The Stranger