Talk at Brooklyn Law School on the Green Scare and the Constitution

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The Brooklyn Law School Chapters of the National Lawyers Guild and Student Animal Legal Defense Fund Present:

The Green Scare:
The Constitutional Cost of Prosecuting Animal Rights and Environmental Activists as Terrorists

DON’T MISS THIS TIMELY PANEL!

Camille Hankins directs Win Animal Rights (WAR), a New York based grassroots animal rights group, whose primary campaign is to stop the killing at Huntingdon Life Sciences. Camille uses her 20 years of corporate expertise to effectively influence animal exploitation businesses. She was awarded the “Grassroots Animal Activist – 2006” award and also serves as Press Officer for the North American Animal Liberation Press Office.

Gráinne O’Neill, a 3L at Columbia , has been researching and collecting information on the extent to which the government has been targeting individuals based on political affiliation . Gráinne is currently a leading expert on the Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization File (VGTOF). She is a member of the Executive Committee of the New York City Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild .

Will Potter, an award-winning reporter based in Washington, D.C., focuses on how the so-called “War on Terrorism” affects civil liberties. Will has tracked how law makers and corporations have labeled animal rights and environmental activists as “eco-terrorists” and has testified before the U.S. Congress on his reporting.

David Rankin, an attorney in private practice in New York City, is the lead attorney defending Win Animal Rights against Huntingdon Life Sciences, and is currently litigating numerous freedom of information law issues. David is a member of the Executive Committee of the New York City Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild and plays a pivotal role in its Mass Defense Committee.

AND MORE!

Wednesday, March 7th
6-8 PM
Brooklyn Law School
Subotnick Center, 11th Floor
250 Joralemon Street

A reception with vegan food and wine will follow

*Please contact beth.baltimore@brooklaw.edu or jared.goodman@brooklaw.edu for more info*

Tagged as: Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), Green Scare