Posted on 08/16/2004 5:53:26 PM PDT by MikalM
Orinda police are investigating the vandalism of the East Bay home of Chiron Corp.'s top attorney on Sunday, in which a group of people broke windows and tried to flood his home with water during a noisy protest.
Neighbors said the people were animal-rights protesters wearing black clothing and masks, and carrying signs. The demonstrators converged on the home of Chiron's general counsel William Green on Sunnyside Court in Orinda about 10:15 a.m. while he was away on vacation, neighbors said.
The protesters broke about a dozen windows and turned on his garden hose in his backyard deck, and left after 20 minutes. No arrests were made, but neighbors provided license plate numbers to Orinda police.
"I feel a bit violated by this," Green said Sunday evening, minutes after returning home to survey the damage. "I think it's beyond the pale of what should be permissible in civilized society."
The protest comes six months after Chiron filed a lawsuit against Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty USA. The group's name refers to Huntingdon Life Sciences, a New Jersey company that performs animal testing for clients, including Chiron.
It was not immediately clear Sunday whether the protesters were connected to the Stop Huntingdon group.
Green, 60, has previously been the target of protesters over at least the past two years, with flyers stuck on telephone phones and gravestones placed nearby representing dead animals. Other employees have also been awakened by late-night visits by protesters with megaphones.
Neighbor Jim Abrams, 60, said the Orinda protest began with marching and chanting. But tensions grew when Abrams tried to block the side gate to Green's home, and some protesters charged past him.
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Chiron Corporation is a global pharmaceutical company focused on developing products for cancer and infectious diseases. It commercializes its products through three business units: blood testing, vaccines and biopharmaceuticals. Chiron Blood Testing develops and commercializes a range of blood safety products used by the blood banking and transfusion medicine industry. Chiron Vaccines offers more than 30 vaccines including flu, meningococcal, travel and pediatric vaccines. Chiron Biopharmaceuticals discovers, develops, manufactures and markets a range of therapeutic products. Its products include TOBI (tobramycin solution for inhalation) for pseudomonal lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients, Proleukin (aldesleukin) for cancer (metastatic melanoma and renal cell carcinoma) and Betaseron (interferon beta-1b) for multiple sclerosis.
Did Good Neighbor Abrams call the police? 20 min. seems ample time for the police to round all of these burglers up and jail them. Or perhaps private property is a meaningless concept in the politics of Northern California?
This conflict had better stay below the level of causing serious injury or death to scientists or others involved with the biotech industry. Once they cross that line, there might be no going back. At the very least, they would have to cooperate with authorities to have those deranged people arrested.
Hey animal rights wackos, what have you done lately?
ter·ror·ism:
Pronunciation: 'ter-&r-"i-z&m
Function: noun
1 : the unlawful use or threat of violence esp. against the state or the public as a politically motivated means of attack or coercion
2 : violent and intimidating gang activity —ter·ror·ist /-ist/ adj or noun —ter·ror·is·tic /"ter-&r-'is-tik/ adjective
You want to blame the neighbor? How bizarre.
Neighbor Jim Abrams, 60, said the Orinda protest began with marching and chanting. But tensions grew when Abrams tried to block the side gate to Green's home, and some protesters charged past him.
The same tactics are used on Bush Cheney bumper stickers every day.
The time has come to "Pied Piper" the rats.
Newflash! The aforementioned behavior is, in fact, already against the law!
The new "Red Guard" (Green in this case). Let's see - they don't use Mao's little red book as their Bibles ---- what do they use? Earth in the Balance??? I am not up on the "Green Guard's" textbooks....Let's see if those who are in charge of protecting American citizens go after the Green Gestapo with the same gusto as was used against, say, the likes of the people at Waco, or the Christians who pray in front of abortion clinics......Just imagine - if Gore had won the fraudulent election of 2000 - he would HIMSELF be directing these attacks!
2000 "fraudulent election" meaning - President Bush won DESPITE the blatant fraud......led by the Gorons....and the Clintonista mafia.
"these animals are out of control and need to be reined in...."
Agreed, arrested, tried, convicted and jailed. For longer terms than their "soccer mom" moms might like. It is only a matter of time before these dopes kill somebody.
I just want to know if the police were called and if they responded or if the neighbor was intimidated by the proscpect of retaliation by the terrorists. The report is incomplete IMO.
If the police failed to respond, that is one situation -- not good.
If the neighbors are intimidated and afraid -- also not good for two reasons:
One, they don't or cant rely on police protection from the crazy folks.
Two, "all it takes for evil to triumph if for good men to do nothing." To be an American, you have to take risks at times.
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