Source: TomDispatch
by Stan Cox
“In August, climate activist and cellist John Mark Rozendaal was arrested and charged with criminal contempt for playing a few minutes of Bach outside Citibank’s headquarters in New York City. Rozendaal, 63, was prominent in the ‘Summer of Heat on Wall Street’ campaign that targeted Citibank for its prolific financing of fossil-fuel projects. He and a co-defendant now face up to seven years imprisonment if convicted. Meanwhile in Atlanta, more than 50 justice and environmental activists are awaiting trial on domestic terrorism and other charges arising from their years-long defense of the city’s South River Forest against the construction of an 85-acre police training center there. They are being prosecuted under Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) law. Any of them found guilty of ‘racketeering’ would have five to 20 years of imprisonment added to their sentences for the alleged underlying crimes.” (10/24/24)
https://tomdispatch.com/outrageous-anti-protest-laws-cant-silence-the-climate-movement/