in http://202.139.150.50/GlobalActivistWat ... 4_2_0.htmlAn Animal Liberation Front (ALF) activist has been sentenced to 12 years jail in the US for multiple acts of arson and terrorism.
US District Judge, Ann Aiken deemed four of the arson attacks Kevin Tubbs was involved in to be acts of terrorism, intended to influence the conduct of the government or in retaliation for government acts.
The series of attacks were against a forest ranger station, a police substation, a tree farm and a SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle) dealership.
“Fear and intimidation can play no part in changing the hearts and minds of people in a democracy,” Judge Aiken told Tubbs.
Tubbs is the second of ten members of “The Family”, an Oregon-based cell of Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and ALF activists, to face sentencing over a string of 20 arsons in five states across the US.
Judge Aiken said it was “profoundly and palpably sad” that she had eight more people to sentence who had wasted their lives by choosing violence rather than raising public awareness about threats to animals and the environment.
In a statement to the court Tubbs said he was deeply sorry for causing harm to others.
“I am disgusted, sickened, saddened, and totally ashamed that I played any part in any of the incidents,” he said.
Mais um terrorista da ALF/ELF na prisão por 12 anos
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