On the afternoon of Feb 15, animal rights activists staged noisy protests and lobby occupations aimed at pharmaceutical industry customers of Huntingdon Life Sciences.
Inside the lobby at Merck
Cops build up (LATE!) at Bristol-Myers Squibb
(FACES OBSCURED IN PHOTOS due to Green Scare considerations)
VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke67fkiL4YI
AUDIIO (4 min): http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/3/hls_demos_f15.mp3
The protests began a little after one PM and continued until well after 3PM, finally drawing a swarm of cops to the offices of Bristol-Myers Squibb at 655 15th st NW(Metropolitan Square).
Protesters there stormed into the lobby and set off three bullhorns in siren mode, followed by incredibly loud and amplified anti-HLS chants. Security did NOT have an easy time removing the activists, and whined to the cops, who made threats but no arrests as more and more cops showed up.
This came on the heels of a confrontation at Merck (601 Penn ave NW) where a security guard scooped up a dropped farecard(fingerprints!) and had to be "persuaded" to return it by a second entry into that building's lobby in which he was cornered by his desk and ordered to give it up. He agreed (while surrounded) to surrender it if everyone left the building, and since the reason for re-entry was to retrieve it that offer was accepted.
Thia was a BAD DAY for HLS customers in DC, and protesters say there's more to come unless all the companies visited today DUMP HLS!
http://www.closehls.net
http://www.shac.net
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VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke67fkiL4YI AUDIIO (4 min):
http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/3/hls_demos_f15.mp3 The protests began a little after one PM and continued until well after 3PM, finally drawing a swarm of cops to the offices of Bristol-Myers Squibb at 655 15th st NW(Metropolitan Square).
Protesters there stormed into the lobby and set off three bullhorns in siren mode, followed by incredibly loud and amplified anti-HLS chants. Security did NOT have an easy time removing the activists, and whined to the cops, who made threats but no arrests as more and more cops showed up.
This came on the heels of a confrontation at Merck (601 Penn ave NW) where a security guard scooped up a dropped farecard(fingerprints!) and had to be "persuaded" to return it by a second entry into that building's lobby in which he was cornered by his desk and ordered to give it up. He agreed (while surrounded) to surrender it if everyone left the building, and since the reason for re-entry was to retrieve it that offer was accepted.
Thia was a BAD DAY for HLS customers in DC, and protesters say there's more to come unless all the companies visited today DUMP HLS!
http://www.closehls.net http://www.shac.net ---
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https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/02/391502.html SHAC: Leafleting of Staples in Hull (11th)
https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/02/391087.html DC Radio Station asks Staples to drop HLS (11th)
https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/02/391055.html Staples demo, Leeds (10th Feb)
https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/02/391014.html SHAC Trial (8th Feb)
https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/02/390910.html New HLS Supplier caught out: Staples (7th Feb)
https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/02/390856.html Singh Skips Terminates HLS Contract (2nd Feb)
https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/02/390509.html SHAC World Day For Lab Animals - 26th April, Sussex (1st Feb)
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