Anonymous
22nd June 2002, 15:35
The FBI As Real Eco-Terrorists: Judi Bari Wins in Court
A federal jury has awarded $4.4 million to Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney, two Earth First! activists who accused the FBI and the Oakland, CA, police of framing them for a 1990 bomb blast that severely injured them. Who really blew up their car? What was Hill and Knowlton PR's role in smearing Earth First! as eco-terrorists? Before Judi Bari died in 1997, she wrote about the bombing, the frame-up and the smear campaign in her book, Timber Wars. "It blew right through my car seat, shattering my pelvis, crushing my lower backbone ... The man in charge of my case was Richard Held, director of the San Francisco FBI office. Held has a 25-year history as one of the principal operatives of COINTELPRO. He was personally involved in the framing of [Black Panther and American Indian Movement leaders]. I cannot describe the cold terror of waking up in the hospital, crippled for life, and finding out that Richard Held was accusing me of blowing myself up with my own bomb." Source: Associated Press, June 11, 2002
News Blackout Aids & Abets FBI Frame-Up of Judi Bari
The news media is generally failing to report the historic verdict against the FBI in the 1990 bombing of non-violent environmental activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney. That would not surprise Judi, were she alive today. In her book Timber Wars she described how the news media eagerly parroted the FBI's lies and deception, casting Bari and fellow bomb victim Cherney as terrorists. "The news quickly went national, with newspapers across the country screaming about Earth First!ers carrying bombs. It was the only time we ever made the front page of the New York Times. The press ate up the police lies with a big spoon, instantly convicting us in their stories. ... 'Earth First! leaders hurt in a pipe bomb explosion have no one but themselves to blame for their injuries,' smirked the blow-dried talking heads on the TV news. This really hurt Earth First!'s image on a national scale."
A federal jury has awarded $4.4 million to Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney, two Earth First! activists who accused the FBI and the Oakland, CA, police of framing them for a 1990 bomb blast that severely injured them. Who really blew up their car? What was Hill and Knowlton PR's role in smearing Earth First! as eco-terrorists? Before Judi Bari died in 1997, she wrote about the bombing, the frame-up and the smear campaign in her book, Timber Wars. "It blew right through my car seat, shattering my pelvis, crushing my lower backbone ... The man in charge of my case was Richard Held, director of the San Francisco FBI office. Held has a 25-year history as one of the principal operatives of COINTELPRO. He was personally involved in the framing of [Black Panther and American Indian Movement leaders]. I cannot describe the cold terror of waking up in the hospital, crippled for life, and finding out that Richard Held was accusing me of blowing myself up with my own bomb." Source: Associated Press, June 11, 2002
News Blackout Aids & Abets FBI Frame-Up of Judi Bari
The news media is generally failing to report the historic verdict against the FBI in the 1990 bombing of non-violent environmental activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney. That would not surprise Judi, were she alive today. In her book Timber Wars she described how the news media eagerly parroted the FBI's lies and deception, casting Bari and fellow bomb victim Cherney as terrorists. "The news quickly went national, with newspapers across the country screaming about Earth First!ers carrying bombs. It was the only time we ever made the front page of the New York Times. The press ate up the police lies with a big spoon, instantly convicting us in their stories. ... 'Earth First! leaders hurt in a pipe bomb explosion have no one but themselves to blame for their injuries,' smirked the blow-dried talking heads on the TV news. This really hurt Earth First!'s image on a national scale."