Why are activists pleading guilty?
activist | 17.03.2009 21:58
With the current climate, it'll come as no surprise when more homes are raided and more activists are put under conspiracy charges (never a definitive charge funny enough)....
I just don't understand where the resistance has gone and why more and more activists are pleading guilty or making deals on the side with the CPS.
In the long run, all this is doing is reinforcing all the negative stereotypes out there about animal liberation activists and this is no help to future activists facing charges/trial.
Maybe I'm the only one who thinks this- please discuss?
I can understand it's their liberty at hand but shouldn't that give you more reason to fight it,rather than put your hands up to a crime you didn't necessarily commit?
Let's be honest, the movement isn't just about the animals now, it's become a fight to retain our rights as well.At the end of the day, pleading guilty is saying you were wrong...wrong for the actions you made(or in some cases,didn't make)
To me it's no different from apologizing to the government or the animal abusers...
I just don't understand where the resistance has gone and why more and more activists are pleading guilty or making deals on the side with the CPS.
In the long run, all this is doing is reinforcing all the negative stereotypes out there about animal liberation activists and this is no help to future activists facing charges/trial.
Maybe I'm the only one who thinks this- please discuss?
I can understand it's their liberty at hand but shouldn't that give you more reason to fight it,rather than put your hands up to a crime you didn't necessarily commit?
Let's be honest, the movement isn't just about the animals now, it's become a fight to retain our rights as well.At the end of the day, pleading guilty is saying you were wrong...wrong for the actions you made(or in some cases,didn't make)
To me it's no different from apologizing to the government or the animal abusers...
activist
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