I just found out that a friend of mine, a fellow Chicago Anarchist, was arrested on false charges at the Haymarket Martyrs momument yesterday -- which was the anniversary of the Haymarket hangings.

HOW FUCKED UP IS THAT?!?!!!!!!!!

This friend, who will remain nameless out of respect for his privacy, and one other person was singing and drinking iced tea at the memorial yesterday when four squad cars drove into the cemetary for them, with lights on and sirens wailing. They were screamed at, cuffed, driven away in separate cars, then jailed in the same cell (after having their shoelaces confiscated).

They were threatened with felony charges for vandalizing the monument -- good gods, how stupid is that?? -- and eventually charged with a misdemeanor: "criminal defacement of property."

Meanwhile, my friend had his truck towed while he was in jail and had to pay nearly $200 to get it back. ARGH!

Anyway, he intends to fight the charge, as well he should. My Chicago Anarchist pals reading this probably already know this story, but I am posting it here because it here for the benefit of my Phoenix Anarchist friends, as well as my non-Anarchist friends -- it is a story that should be known. And I am posting it because I am really fucking infuriated about this. As far as I know, this is the first time that Chicago Anarchists have been arrested for having a picnic at the memorial, which is a tradition for us.

And people think I'm being melodramatic when I say that I am seriously exploring my options for emigrating. No. I am not. The time has come when it is simply not safe to stay in this country.
I just found out that a friend of mine, a fellow Chicago Anarchist, was arrested on false charges at the Haymarket Martyrs momument yesterday -- which was the anniversary of the Haymarket hangings.

HOW FUCKED UP IS THAT?!?!!!!!!!!

This friend, who will remain nameless out of respect for his privacy, and one other person was singing and drinking iced tea at the memorial yesterday when four squad cars drove into the cemetary for them, with lights on and sirens wailing. They were screamed at, cuffed, driven away in separate cars, then jailed in the same cell (after having their shoelaces confiscated).

They were threatened with felony charges for vandalizing the monument -- good gods, how stupid is that?? -- and eventually charged with a misdemeanor: "criminal defacement of property."

Meanwhile, my friend had his truck towed while he was in jail and had to pay nearly $200 to get it back. ARGH!

Anyway, he intends to fight the charge, as well he should. My Chicago Anarchist pals reading this probably already know this story, but I am posting it here because it here for the benefit of my Phoenix Anarchist friends, as well as my non-Anarchist friends -- it is a story that should be known. And I am posting it because I am really fucking infuriated about this. As far as I know, this is the first time that Chicago Anarchists have been arrested for having a picnic at the memorial, which is a tradition for us.

And people think I'm being melodramatic when I say that I am seriously exploring my options for emigrating. No. I am not. The time has come when it is simply not safe to stay in this country.
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