Bond reduced in SUV firebombing case ( ELF or ALF ? )

Rocky Mountain News ^ | May 24, 2007 | Sue Lindsay

[george76]

A Denver judge halved the bond today for a suspected eco-terrorist accused of setting firebombs in large SUVs after his father, a Colorado Springs lawyer, agreed to post the bond.

Bond for Grant Barnes, 24, was reduced from $200,000 to $100,000 after defense attorney Phil Cherner told the judge that Barne’s father, Thomas Barnes, a former deputy district attorney in El Paso County, would ensure that his son appears in court.

Prosecutor Ryan Younggren said he and the victims objected to a bond reduction because Grant Barnes might plant more firebombs if he gets out.

Grant Barnes, suspected of using the methods of the eco-terrorist group Earth Liberation Front, was arrested March 22 for allegedly setting off or trying to ignite firebombs under seven SUVs over four days ...

When he was pulled over, he was "extremely nervous and sweating profusely,"...

In the back of the car, police found a box of seven more devices which are replicas of bombs portrayed on ELF’s Web site, along with directions and needed ingredients, ...

Directions for the homemade devices are titled "Arson-Around with Auntie ALF", a reference to ELF’s sister group, Animal Liberation Front.

[george76]

To save the planet ?

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[mtbopfuyn]

I’ve never understood why destroying things helps the environment.

[george76]

The smoke would likely cause more air pollution than driving around for fifty years ?

Burning tires and all...

I guess that they are nuts ?

[Always Right]

I am glad these idiots moved out of our area.

[george76]

Did you know Thomas Barnes or his kid ?

[Always Right]

Here is something from the ELF site, which explains the rationale of these folks.

Tre Arrow

Let's set the record straight and maybe the media will be obliged to cease their habit of spreading slander and misinformation relating to me in my case. I'm Tre Arrow! I legally changed my name to Tre Arrow 5 years ago. I had changed my name long before I lived in the trees at Eagle Creek (contrary to reports attempting to portray me as less-than-sane by alleging I said,"The trees told me to change my name"). I am a man who is dedicated to a life of non-violent activism and social justice. I've been involved with various issues ranging from the environment to non-humyn animal welfare to humyn rights. I am a man who thinks, feels and cares about the well being of everyone and everything. The desecration to our only earth-mother, the abuse and slaughtering of our co-inhabitants and the rampant violation to civil and humyn rights has motivated me to take non-violent action to oppose and expose what I see as heinous crimes in our culture.

I am Tre Arrow, an innocent man imprisoned in Canada for almost a year and a half. I have become a target by the FBI, not because I am guilty of the charges in the US, but because I have become a threat to the powers that be. I am a threat because I stand in the way of corporate and government agendas. I am a threat because I cause corporations to lose precious profit from raping and pillaging earth-mother. I am a threat because I speak about the lies, cover-ups and atrocities committed by the hands of government and corporate figures. I am a threat because I speak the truth! The Powers That Be don't want us to know the truth!

This is why I am being targeted. This is why I am in prison. This is why I am facing the rest of my life behind bars, walls, and fences. I will not be still. I will not be silent. As long as these injustices continue towards me, the planet, our non-humyn animal friends and our brothers and sisters here and abroad then there is still work to do. May we all strive to create a world filled with love, justice, and respect for everyone and everything.

[Always Right]

Did you know Thomas Barnes or his kid ?

I was not actually referring to the Barnes, as I do not live in Texas. But we use to have an active ELF terrorist cell who would torch houses, GOP headquarters, ruin construction equipment and spike trees. I assume they headed west because the activity has stopped.

[Covenantor]

Another slip and fall drunk driver enabler

Mr. Thomas A. Barnes, Jr.
Law Offices of Thomas A. Barnes, Jr.
320 South Cascade Avenue, Suite 200
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
(El Paso County)

Position: Member
TEL: 719-447-9656
FAX: 719-634-8535
Email: tom@tombarneslaw.com
Website: http://

Admitted: 1975, Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit

Law School:

College:

Birth Date and Place:

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Criminal Law; Misdemeanors; Felonies; Driving While Intoxicated; Drug Crimes; Juvenile Criminal Law; Parole and Probation; Traffic Violations; Appellate Practice; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Trial Practice

[Covenantor]

http://www.duiattorneyusa.com/colorado.html

Nice association they got there.

[mtbopfuyn]

He used “I” about 27 times in that little bit of fluff, with a few “me” and “my” thrown in. A bit of an ego there, huh.

BTW, what the heck is a “humyn”? Some mystical form of “human” or what?

[george76]

Thanks.

[stinkerpot65]

The desecration to our only earth-mother,

Denial of God leads inexorably to paganism and violence.

[Volunteer]

This guy is just a nut.