author : Mark Jensen
November 2007
by Mark Jensen, United for Peace of Pierce County (ufppc)
october 28, 2007—A review of the mainstream media organs of the Pacific Northwest shows that they downplayed and misrepresented a strong and significant outpouring of antiwar protest in covering the End the War Now march and rally in Seattle on Saturday, October 27.
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August 2007
City prosecutors learn the difference between a pedestrian on a sidewalk and a vehicle in traffic
by Mark Jensen
On July 18, a Tacoma judge dismissed thirteen cases stemming from last March's antiwar protests on the grounds that the statute under which defendants were charged was inapplicable. Tacoma Municipal Court Judge Pro Tem Karl D. Haugh's ruling dropped to ten the number of still unresolved cases stemming from March 2007 Port Militarization Resistance (PMR) protests during which police made a total of thirty-seven arrests.
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June 2007
Meanwhile, Tacoma cops pursue imaginary Olympia "anarchist" cell
by Mark Jensen
TACOMA -- An additional pretrial hearing has been scheduled for twenty defendants who appeared in court from the port militarization resistance (pmr) protests that roiled the Port of Tacoma two months ago. Tacoma Municipal Court Judge Pro Tem Karl D. Haugh rebuked city attorneys for failing to provide video and other evidence to defense counsel, necessitating a further hearing.
The pretrial hearing has been scheduled for 1:30 pm on June 8, in Tacoma's City-County Building.
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May 2007
Prosecutor wants to criminalize backpacks without talking about backpacks
by Mark Jensen
Eighteen persons appeared in Tacoma Municipal Court before Judge Pro Tem Karl D. Haugh on Tuesday, April 24, as the City of Tacoma continues to press charges connected with the Port Militarization Resistance (pmr) antiwar protests at the Port of Tacoma in March 2007. Judge Haugh set May 10 as a motion date for attorneys involved in the case to appear before him to resolve issues around pretrial discovery, and May 23 as the date for another pretrial conference.
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April 2007
by Mark Jensen
tacoma, washington -- I arrived late at the arraignment of the "Tacoma 23" on Thursday afternoon, Mar. 15, but I was in luck. There was one seat left in the completely packed courtroom. I squeezed in next to Matt Batcheldor, a reporter from the Olympian, the only mainstream media journalist there.
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