http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/03/18/9912883 Terrorist charges were being bought on Long Island PRIOR to 9-11. Long Island Activist gets 6+ months.. continuing a cycle of repression on the Island! posted by moderntimescollective on Monday March 18 2002 @ 11:31AM PST L.I. Animal Rights Activist Targeted by kristen schurr 5:56pm Fri Mar 8 '02 (Modified on 12:36am Thu Mar 14 '02) The recent sentencing of 23-year-old animal rights activist Andy Stepanian marks the latest attack on Long Island's progressive community. While Andy will be in prison until August, his fellow activist Connor Cash could serve until 2052 due in part to the state's new terrorism law. Both are victims of intense police harassment. Andy Stepanian watches dandelions poke through cracks in the pavement outside the small slit of a window in the jail cell where he will spend the next seven months. In jail since early March, the 23-year-old Long Island animal rights activist was sentenced to additional prison time March 13. He is expected to be imprisoned until at least August for a variety of non-violent protest offenses. Meanwhile fellow Long Island activist, Connor Cash, faces questionable charges that could bring him 50 years in prison. MORE http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/03/18/9912883
