VICTORY in the Pepper Spray Trial!
Great news from the Pepper Spray Q-tip Trial: WE WON! The jury unanimously found the direct application of pepper spray to our eyes with Q-tips and spraying from inches away to be excessive force in violation of our constitutional rights. This will deter the future use of pepper spray on protesters. (read more)


Pepper Spray Trial Update: Third Time's the Charm, Trial Starts April 11 in Pepper Spray Q-Tip Case!
There are two simple ways that supporters of ending the use of pepper spray on nonviolent protesters can help protect the freedom of dissent in this country: 1. Attend the trial starting April 11 in San Francisco. We need to publicly show support and keep a presence in the courtroom for this important jury trial. 2. Spread the word and visit the website, (read more)


Power Concedes Nothing Without A Demand: The
The journey for justice is not quite over for activists in the closely watched Pepper Spray Q-tip case, which intertwines issues of the right to peaceful protest with the fate of imperiled forests. (read more)


Pepper Spray Trial Starts September 7th
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Pepperspray Update: Defendants AGAIN appeal to the Supreme Court
Defendants Humboldt County, City of Eureka, the ex-sheriff, and the current sheriff appealed again to the U.S. Supreme Court, this time seeking to overturn the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling removing Judge Vaughn Walker for bias and canceling his attempt to move the trial from San Francisco to Eureka. Eureka has long been the scene of political controversy over logging by Maxxam/Pacific Lumber, which recently bankrolled an effort to recall Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos, who filed a fraud suit against the lumber giant last year. The recall effort failed. As we go to press it was learned that the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear their appeal. (read more)