Talk Show Host Bob Linden Wrongfully Arrested By Beverly Hills Cops at "Fur-Free Friday" Demonstration

Radio talk show host Bob Linden was arrested by Beverly Hills cops on Friday in front of a Wilshire Boulevard animal-skin market as Mr. Linden turned on his bullhorn power switch and announced "fur is murder." Beverly Hills cops immediately charged at Linden, yanked the megaphone from his hands, and then yanked his hands behind his back, handcuffing him, and charging him with using amplified sound without a permit, pursuant to a Beverly Hills municipal code which Linden calls "blatantly unconstitutional."

"I can't believe it," Linden said. "Years after I won a settlement with Beverly Hills because of its unconstitutional practices and rights violations, here it is behaving again like George W. Bush, creating its own rogue state, a lawless constitution-free zone. Here we go again, having to show Beverly Hills that, whether it likes it or not, the constitution is still enforced there." Linden was referring to long-standing U.S. Supreme Court decided settled law recognizing the bullhorn as an instrument of free speech expression. Linden has experienced a number of similar wrongful arrests associated with bullhorn usage (which instead of resulting in convictions have resulted in greater animal rights free speech opportunities at such venues as the Los Angeles Sports Arena, Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, and the San Diego Sports Arena).

In the current oppressive environment where we are losing our rights every day, especially so for animal rights activists, it is more important than ever to assert the rights that we do have. The right to free speech is so important for those who speak for the voiceless - the poor innocent ones raised or trapped to become the fur for sale in Beverly Hills. We need to reach people, to appeal to their humanity. We know that if shoppers know the cruelty of fur, how animals are confined, how they are stomped, gassed, drowned, anally and genitally electrocuted, how maybe 40 lives are killed for one fur coat - of course people won't want to buy it - and maybe that's why the Beverly Hills cops only let me get three words out before arresting me. Do you think everyone who violates the Beverly Hills code is roughly handcuffed - or is that treatment reserved only for animal rights activists", Linden asked.

Prior to the arrest, Beverly Hills cops refused to divulge the municipal code under which Linden was being warned he would be arrested if he used the bullhorn. Subsequently, an officer read Beverly Hills Municipal Code 4-3-501 to Linden, to which Linden replied to the officer that none of what he read applied to his activities and that such a code usually has an explicit or implicit provision that such a restrictive code would not apply to those engaged in constitutionally protected activity. Beverly Hills police arrested Linden anyway, with a court date scheduled for early February.

You can help Bob Linden with his court costs, his defense, and his subsequent lawsuit against the City of Beverly Hills for its repeated egregious violations of our constitutional rights as American citizens. Donations for legal (re not tax-deductible) and should be made payable to Bob Linden, and sent to PO Box 475414, San Francisco, CA 94147.

Bob Linden tells the truth

Bob Linden telling it like it is ... as we all should. And if you like what Bob does with his activism and want him to continue, give his web a visit at http://goveganradio.com and consider helping him out with an online donation for his non-profit project of the 501C3 International Humanities Center.

Wicked Witch Descends on the Animal Rights Conference 2009

Our movement is represented by welfarists like Karen Dawn who are ruining the movement. Listening to their welfare bullshit during talks caused abolitionists within earshot to feel ill.

“Welfare is hurting the movement” Dr Will Tuttle, Animal Rights Conference 2009 Opening Plenary

Bob Linden gave a great talk at the Saturday session Engaging Media (news releases, letters to the editor, talk shows, feeding and care, dramatizing events) - Kuipers, Smith, Linden, Dawn

Linden wisely used a portion of his allotted 10-12 minutes and bashed the Humane Society of the United States’ Wayne Pacelle for his plans to sustain the corpse-munching status quo in his recent interview with Drovers rag---a pro-animal agriculture nightmare---with consequences so horrific and bizarre, not even a science fiction writer could dream this shit up.

Bob Linden is correct in that any rational vegan would admit, Wayne Pacelle’s comment, “We’re not telling people to become vegetarians  — we’re urging them to exhibit greater decency” reflects a disturbing philosophy to promote when ice caps are melting and a silent holocaust is going on three times a day.

Excerpts from Pacelle’s latest damage with Drovers:

Pacelle: We at the Humane Society of the United States don’t talk about animal rights, but human responsibility. That places us more with the comments that you represent from the agriculture community. I don’t think anyone can reasonably claim that our work is moving in the direction of eliminating animal agriculture as some of the folks in the industry keep repeating.

Adams: So your intent is not to shut down the livestock industry? Is that what you are saying?

Pacelle: Yes, that is correct. I don’t think in any kind of practical way one can say we are trying to eliminate animal agriculture. We support certified humane programs, we support other farmers, we work with farmers, we think farming is a noble profession

Full interview here: http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?contentid=327066

During Linden’s talk, Karen Dawn (who was sitting next to Linden and about to speak next) was heard grunting, groaning and gasping in disgust as Linden used his time to bash Pacelle and the HSUS message/media engagement. Have no fear Dawn fans, she got the last word following Linden, instructing the audience that Linden’s remarks painted a bogus picture and to see her after the talk if they would like the real scoop. Yes, Karen Dawn invited people to speak with her later about the Pacelle comments and further explained the Engaging Media session was better suited to brag about her scrawny ass photographed in some New York rag inferring Bob Linden is misguided in his use/place/voice. I guess that is how we engage the media when we have no brains …we use our asses to peddle popular animal confinement, torture, and murder preservationist views.

Not one to talk behind people’s backs, I approached the moldy blood and pus munching Karen Dawn (Dawn was seen eating cheese at an upscale LA restaurant and explained, “I didn’t want to waste it”) later at her invite to discuss the Drovers interview. Dawn told me Bob Linden is a liar and that Wayne Pacelle didn’t say those things. As she spoke I could smell the wretched stench of happy meat permeating her words and had to inform her that I am an abolitionist and that I feel she is hurting the movement with her campaign for Prop 2 and refusal to use the word vegan. Dawn then claimed to be an abolitionist and a welfarist. I told her you can’t be both. This bitch is really confused about the state of things when she thinks the two can coexist in harmony. I’m not buying it.

I then asked Dawn if she lived during slavery and then were to describe her legacy to her great grand-children, would she want to tell them that she fought for better living conditions for the slaves or that she fought for their freedom? This question struck a nerve with Dawn who responded, “This isn’t about me, me, me!” raising her arms in a flapping motion with each “Me!” like some prehistoric giant lizard. Two more “Me’s!” would have sent the wicked witch of the west air-born like a cage-free chicken flailing for freedom. The exhibit hall grew quiet as everyone listened. Karen Dawn then cried out in a loud screech, “I might be wrong, you might be wrong” and stormed off effectively escaping any responsibility.

It would be nice if we could talk about/examine our beliefs without fear they might fall apart. Maybe in a better world we would all know what we are preaching to others about … the welfare of animals. I guess these things don’t deserve further examination when, Karen “I might be wrong” Dawn is at the helm. There is nothing well or fare about evil sorts munching on animals, so let’s call it what it is, “animal confinement, torture, and murder preservation.” And promoting the acceptability of these practices as an ideal is truly an evil pursuit. Are the animal agriculture industries funding Karen “I might be wrong” Dawn?

Anyways, feeling bad that I upset the bitch so much, I approached her at the bar later that night to apologize and show her a print-out of the Pacelle interview so she would realize that Bob Linden was telling the truth. Dawn wasn’t interested in my apology or the knowledge that she is the one who is full of happy meat. Dawn informed me in no uncertain terms that she knows the interview very well and that she doesn’t need the transcripts. I then asked her if she agreed with Pacelle’s views in the Drovers interview and she said, “Yes.” Shocked I backed up---careful as to not breathe her evil reptilian exhales and asked her again … to make sure I wasn’t caught in some sort of twisted time warp, “Do you agree with Wayne’s words?” Dawn responded, “Yes, I agree with everything Wayne said.”

Poseurs like Karen Dawn and Wayne Pacelle are hurting the movement when they are to busy fighting for cages that are 2 inches bigger as a path to guilt-free menstrual slurping---pleasing the bad man to no end---instead of fighting for veganism. And somehow Alex Hershaft believes moldy blood munching posers like Karen “I might be wrong” Dawn deserve prime speaking time at his annual conference.

“Welfare is hurting the movement” Dr Will Tuttle, Animal Rights Conference 2009 Opening Plenary

Simultaneously posted at Thomas Paine's Corner