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Post by denmarkvesey on Oct 18, 2011 17:30:37 GMT -5
I appreciate the great work the legal the legal team did
My only question is with regard to Rico and Conspiracy chRarges I am not sure was addressed. I know in the past when World Bank and other meetings the government tried to use RICO against activists. Could RICO or Conspiracy apply here?
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Post by robertmagee32 on Oct 19, 2011 9:48:48 GMT -5
No. RICO only applies to "enterprises" committing a certain number of gang-ish like crimes like extortion, prostitution, bribery etc. (that we would never commit) in a defined time period. There's some precedent for using this against activists (http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/mob-law-i-69-environmental-activists/1804/), but it's not anything we need to worry about. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act |
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Post by denmarkvesey on Oct 19, 2011 20:44:48 GMT -5
I know that the government tried to use Rico on people before the World Bank meeting in DC? Not sure how those cases turned out I guess I will look into Lexis also looks like 'terrorism" as well covered under RICO after Patriot Act and other statutes against ELF/ALF this concerns me more than some criminal mischeif, resisting arrest, city ordinance stuff to be honest
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