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Fur Campaigners Raided in Leeds

Yorkshire Activist | 20.10.2009 20:57 | Animal Liberation

Yesterday morning, West Yorkshire Police raided two houses of animal rights campaigners in Leeds following alledged offences in connection with fur-shop Next One Leather.

Yesterday morning, West Yorkshire Police raided two houses of animal rights campaigners in Leeds following alledged offences in connection with fur-shop Next One Leather.

Two arrests were made and those were bailed in connection with an alledged Criminal Damage, the only basis for their arrests being that they attended protests outside Next One Leather.

According to the police, the words "Fur Scum" were spraypainted on the home of the shop's owner, some kind of corrosive liquid poured over his vehicle and its tires punctured.

Those arrested have pleaded their innocence and have stated that they were at no point involved in this and the only 'evidence' presented to them was that they attended a peaceful demonstration about the fur trade at the Next One Leather shop.

Only a summary has been released for legal reasons and, until further notice, this is all that is being published.

Yorkshire Activist

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Typical of the police

20.10.2009 21:38

So the police have plenty of time for this? Yet there are lush stores being attacked by hunt scum and they don't do a single thing. We know who's side the pigs are on.

Solidarity for those arrested, police have given up trying to find out whoever it was so instead they've resorted to pinning it on legal campaigners. Typical really, in between handing out parking tickets, speeding fines, they have time to harass legal activists. Evidently they're getting pissed off because unlike NETCU's predictions a few years ago, the animal rights movement is still soldiering on.

Fuck NETCU, fuck the police!

East Yorkshire ARA


the pigs comment should be removed

21.10.2009 17:04

remove it please? It's deliberately written to make AR look stupid.

anon


Re

21.10.2009 17:06

"Pigs has been used to describe the boys in blue for years, if you don't like that why don't you stand on a soap box in parliament square and tell the whole country to stop? "

Birds has been used to describe women for years, is it different because the discrimination is sexist rather than just speciesist?

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That's right remove the pigs thread

21.10.2009 18:29

Please remove the pigs comments - it's intended to make AR activists look stupid - and they need no help with that.

That's right remove the pigs thread