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| Animal rights terrorist gets prison term |
| 2006-08-08 |
| A Tucson animal U.S. District Judge David Bury told Coronado he wanted to send a message that if you use "force and violence in civil disobedience you are going to be punished for it; it's anarchy." Coronado, 39, Matthew Crozier, 33, and Esquire magazine writer-at-large John Richardson were arrested in the spring of 2004 after authorities accused them of interfering with the mountain lion hunt. Coronado and Crozier were accused of digging up a trap and laying false scents to distract hunting dogs. They were later indicted on misdemeanor charges of interfering with a forest officer and depredation of government property, and a felony charge of conspiracy to impede or injure an officer of the United States. Coronado has spent time in prison for setting fire to a mink researcher's offices at Michigan State University. He has also claimed responsibility for sinking two whaling boats and damaging a processing plant in Iceland in 1986. During an appearance on "60 Minutes," Coronado defended those who use tools such as arson to fight urban sprawl and animal abuse. If only this had been California, he could have put away under Three Strikes. Coronado told the judge he was ready to accept full responsibility for his actions, but said they were meant as "nothing more than an act of civil disobedience, a protest." They were committed "out of love and compassion for those mountain lions that I And torching condos was for the love of cougars, too? Methinks you simply hate humans and their activities. "Civil disobedience" is sitting at the "whites only" counter; no one was harmed (except some of the protestors) and nothing was damaged. They did it deliberately to get arrested and sentenced and accepted the punishment. That was the whole point: to show the unjust laws for what they were. You are an anarchist (possibly a terrorist) and interfered with rangers doing their duty. You hoped to get away with it. Not civil disobedience at all. |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #3 The only way this violent individual should only get six months is if he has to share his cage with those mountain lions. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-08-08 13:48 |
| #2 Rodney Coronado was also under investigation in San Diego for giving a lesson to "activists" in how to build firebombs the same night a huge Condo project burned to the ground in University City - with a banner taking credit by ELF left at the site |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-08-08 12:54 |
| #1 Hey! Where'd the text of the article go? I had inline comments and everything! |
| Posted by: Jackal 2006-08-08 12:48 |