[Vision2020] Megaload protesters proud to disturb the peace

[Tom Hansen]

Would any of you fine people know how to contact James Prall and/or Cass Davis?

If so, please contact me off-list.

Thanks.

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"If not us, who?
If not now, when?"

- Unknown



On Apr 7, 2012, at 5:14, Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com> wrote:

> "Its destructive power rivals that of a nuclear holocaust.  Climate change is based on sound science.  Knowing the facts, I have no choice but to disturb the peace."
> 
> - Cass Davis on the Tar Sands Project
> 
> Courtesy of today's (April 7, 2012) Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
> 
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> Megaload protesters proud to disturb the peace
> 
> Two megaload protesters pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace for blocking a convoy of Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil shipments in Moscow on March 4 before being given the opportunity to explain how their perception of the environmental devastation tied to the Kearl Oil Sands project left them no choice.
> 
> James Prall, 67, and Cass Davis, 47, both of Moscow, had been facing obstruction charges, but a deal brokered with counsel Dana Johnson of the Northern Rockies Justice Center and city of Moscow prosecuting attorney Rod Hall amended the charges to disturbing the peace with the penalty being a $240 fine.
> 
> "I seem to always be disturbing the peace," Prall told Magistrate Judge John C. Judge on Friday at the Latah County Courthouse. "I have tried to slow down, if only for one minute, our societies rush to squeeze the last bit of oil out of an otherwise pristine place."
> 
> Davis said his actions were morally justified and in the public's best interest, condemning the Moscow Police Department and other law enforcement agencies that were reimbursed for shepherding the 78 shipments through the city and condoning environmental harm to the planet for the sake of commerce "by shredding the U.S. Constitution."
> 
> "Its destructive power rivals that of a nuclear holocaust," said Davis of the tar sands project. "Climate change is based on sound science. ... Knowing the facts, I have no choice but to disturb the peace."
> 
> Judge told the two defendants he admired their convictions prior to imposing the fines.
> "I don't think either one of you were irrational or insane for what you did," he said. "I think nonviolent protest is one of the things that has made this country great. ... Pay your fine and costs and keep standing for what you believe in."
> 
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> 
> Thank you, James Prall and Cass Davis, for not only drawing the proverbial line in the sand, but for standing behind it.
> 
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> 
> "Have You Been To Jail For Justice"
> 
> http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Jail_for_Justice.mp3
> 
> "Was it Cesar Chavez? Maybe it was Dorothy Day
> Some will say Dr. King or Gandhi set them on their way
> No matter who your mentors are it's pretty plain to see
> That, if you've been to jail for justice, you're in good company
> 
> Have you been to jail for justice? I want to shake your hand
> Cause sitting in and lyin' down are ways to take a stand
> Have you sung a song for freedom? or marched that picket line?
> Have you been to jail for justice? Then you're a friend of mine
> 
> You law abiding citizens, come listen to this song
> Laws were made by people, and people can be wrong
> Once unions were against the law, but slavery was fine
> Women were denied the vote and children worked the mine
> The more you study history the less you can deny it
> A rotten law stays on the books til folks like us defy it
> 
> The law's supposed to serve us, and so are the police
> And when the system fails, it's up to us to speak our peace
> It takes eternal vigilancefor justice to prevail
> So get courage from your convictions
> Let them haul you off to jail!"
> 
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> 
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "If not us, who?
> If not now, when?"
> 
> - Unknown
> 
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