civil dis. activist gets felon charges faces up to 10 years in prison &fine 750k

[thinkliberty]

Last week, University of Utah student Tim DeChristopher was charged with two felonies for disrupting a December 2008 auction of over 100,000 acres of federal land for oil and gas drilling. Activists had viewed the auction as an attempt by the outgoing Bush administration to deliver a last-minute gift to the oil and gas industry. In a creative act of civil disobedience, DeChristopher posed as a bidder and purchased 22,000 acres of land to save the property from drilling. He was arrested, and now faces up to ten years in prison and a fine of $750,000. The government is also demanding $81,000 in a civil fine, unrelated to the criminal charges.

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2941160-young-activist-now-gets-felony-charges-for-countering-bush-admins-environmental-assault-faces-up-to-10-years-in-prison-fine-of-750000

[AntonLee]

I guess the government auctions are a little more strict than Ebay.  Paypal can't lock you up.  That is until it becomes part of the government too.

[Jim Johnson]

To bad Tim didn't move to New Hampshire.
I hope that all of his devoted Utah activists back him up there, in Utah.

[Ogre]

Nice.

Sadly, I think thousands more will have to be jailed before anything changes.

[K. Darien Freeheart]

Yet more proof that gun owners need to stand and defend felon gun ownership.

Surprise! Felonies mean you've pissed off the state, NOT actually hurt people.

[thinkliberty]

Yet more proof that gun owners need to stand and defend felon gun ownership.

Surprise! Felonies mean you've pissed off the state, NOT actually hurt people.

The only people that should have guns are ones that know how to polish jackboots with their tongue. Anyone else should be put in prison, if we catch them with a gun.

We should register people. They should have to take a test first. We need to know they know how to polish jackboots with their tongue. We need to do this before the next G.W. Bush gets in office.