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Animal activists plead innocent to charges of harassment (11/27/2002) Massachusetts- Six animal rights
terrorists pleaded not guilty to charges that they stalked an insurance
company executive and threatened to burn his home to the ground. The activists, who are allegedly linked to the animal rights
group Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC), have been charged with
harassment, conspiracy, attempted extortion and threatening to burn a
dwelling. They recently
pleaded innocent in Suffolk Superior Court. The accused allegedly spent five months harassing a Boston
businessman and his family. They
believed his employer, March USA, helped sell insurance to Huntingdon
Life Science (HLS), a company that tests products on animals.
The activists wanted to intimidate the victim’s employer into
refusing insurance brokerage business relating to HLS. Investigators charged that the animal rights terrorists had
gathered at the employee’s home and chanted phrases like, “what
comes around, goes around…burn his house to the ground,” through a
megaphone. They are also
accused of vandalizing the building with red paint and the sidewalks
with red wax, making references to the employee’s two-year-old son,
and publicizing the employee’s family’s names on the group’s
United States website. The
victim was allegedly told he would have to quit his job for the threats
to stop. “They began a campaign of harassment that escalated to
threats, stalking and extortion,” said prosecutor Philip McGovern. Six protestors were arraigned, and two other protestors did not appear before the court because they are already in jail in New York on similar charges. CopyrightÓ U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance- www.ussportsmen.org
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