Lagergren is facing up to five years in prison.
Making Bad Laws Even Worse
Many of these original state laws were passed under the auspices on targeting the "radicals," underground groups like the Animal Liberation Front. It is quite clear, though, that existing laws have already gone too far, and are disproportionately targeting non-violent activists. And while all this is occurring, industry groups are relentlessly pushing to go even further , and transparently target First Amendment activity.
This is the model. This is how corporations and the politicians who represent them are chipping away at constitutional rights. It begins with laws targeting the "terrorists" (who, at the very worst, have damaged property) and then, bit by bit, year by year, the net widens as it wraps up an ever-growing group of people, such as those who photograph facilities that have sent whales to Sea World, and those who expose animal cruelty on factory farms.
Moving forward, people like Senator Norman, the FBI, and industry groups will do everything they can to keep your focus on activists like Mercy for Animals, the Humane Society, and Chris Lagergren. Instead, we need to keep our focus on them, and ask ourselves:
What are they trying to hide?
Want to take action? Sign the petition for Chris Lagergren. And contact Florida senators and urge them to oppose SB 1184.
crossposted from www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/
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