16 Activists Arrested/Cited at Demo in Salt Lake City

April 28, 2008

16 Activists Arrested/Cited at Demo in Salt Lake City Body: Apr 27, 2008 10:08 PMSixteen activists were charged with "targeted residential picketing" tonight at the neighborhood of an infamous local primate vivisector. Four of the activists of are currently in Salt Lake County jail.Stephen Fiorenza (Berkeley, CA) is currently being held on the additional charge of furnishing false information to a police officer.Robin Banks is currently in jail because

the police officer did not approve of his signature on his citation.Stewart Thorpe is currently in jail due to a prior bench warrant.The forth person in jail, Charlie Samanthan, has not yet been booked and we are awaiting to find out his charges. We are not sure we have the correct spelling of his last name - if anyone has this please message us.The other 12 were all cited and released at the demo - they were given no warning by the police officers.They were also absolutely not in violation of the law which can be found here:http://66. 113. 195. 234/UT/Salt%20Lake%20City/10003000000011000. htmAs it was not a targeted picket - the activists marched all around the neighborhood to educate the general neighborhood - this arrest was totally unlawful and the SLC Police Department can expect a lawsuit.The three activists that have been booked that we can check into are all being released in a couple hours due to massive overcrowding at the Salt Lake County jail.This campaign doesn't end. Please

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