Arrest Report - AR activist arrested in his own home, some data with cops
A Friend | 06.12.2011 15:37 | Animal Liberation
People in the South West will be familiar with long time animal rights activist Peter Scott, often known as 'scotty'. Peter was at home today helping to care for his three companion dogs when he was arrested.
There is no reason to speculate here what any charges might be but other activists should be aware that Peter was working on his laptop at the time of the arrest and so some data was not protected, the police (we think illegally) were seen copying data from the computer onto a mobile hard-drive unit. The records he was working on were financial contributor lists to a number of campaigns that he has helped with together with email details that have been used in requesting donations. There is no reason to panic but people should beware of this development and consider changing emails etc.
In a blatant disregard for the feeling of the three dogs who were clearly upset and distressed at what was happening to Peter they were locked in a room for 90 minutes during the arrest however they are now staying with me and are feeling better.
In a blatant disregard for the feeling of the three dogs who were clearly upset and distressed at what was happening to Peter they were locked in a room for 90 minutes during the arrest however they are now staying with me and are feeling better.
A Friend
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Pass on our best wishes
06.12.2011 15:59
Tell him we love him, we are thinking about him and our emails are already deleted so he need not worry. :-)
Annie
Where is he ?
06.12.2011 16:13
ACAB
@ ACAB - why do you need to know ?
06.12.2011 16:24
Do not need to know
Computer security
06.12.2011 17:11
This would be a good time to give others (not via Indy or online) information on what was compromised and who is going to be affected.
Techie
Very worrying
06.12.2011 17:18
We are seeking some legal advice.
Sab
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Muppet - thats why I was asking
06.12.2011 17:19
Some people !
ACAB
Linked ?
06.12.2011 17:49
SHAC activists in the area who are worried are welcome to contact us through the usual channels for advice and help.
SHAC person
Peter back home now
06.12.2011 18:10
Peter's laptop has been retained by the police together with some paper records of donations made by people over the last five years. He said they had close up pictures of Peter when he was doing Legal Monitoring at a number of events and in some of them even his notes in his hand can be read. Some of these pictures were taken from above suggesting a police drone or spyplane has been used.
They are going to a solicitor tomorrow to understand what will happen next although Peter has been told he can expect to see some jail time (as the police put it).
A Friend
Cops spy drone
06.12.2011 18:29
Another Sab
This thread reeks of disinformation
06.12.2011 19:07
I doubt its true
computer 'evidence'
06.12.2011 20:13
Perhaps that day will come soon.
anon
Rubbish report... all disinfo
07.12.2011 02:42
Remember donating is not an offence and for those who are not able to directly help animals it is a good thing to do.
Yet another poor attempt at disinformation. If someone is paying these idiots to post this then they should be asking for their money back.
BS Sniffer
@ BS Sniffer - thanks for that
07.12.2011 07:53
Nearly all AR work is under attack in the UK right now, if individuals like Scotty who have broken no law, taken part in no direct action and have never hurt anyone can be targeted by the State's boot boys imagine how it must feel to be someone who takes part in the spikier end of the struggle ? Imagine the worry of waiting for the knock on the door ? What mitigates that worry, what makes it feel you are not alone is the knowledge that should you be arrested their is a network of people who are quickly there to support you as has happened here. People who will get the word out about your arrest, ensure companion animals are looked after, undertake to assist with legal advice and make sure that the person knows they are not alone.
Of course none of that is as worthy of sitting behind a keyboard and starting unneeded speculation and rumour is it ? As you clearly don't know Scotty or the other people involved I question why you would seek to undermine the support he is getting ?????
Tired of the lack of support AR gets
Don't feed the Trolls
07.12.2011 08:29
"Trolling is a game about identity deception, albeit one that is played without the consent of most of the players. The troll attempts to pass as a legitimate participant, sharing the group's common interests and concerns; the newsgroups members, if they are cognizant of trolls and other identity deceptions, attempt to both distinguish real from trolling postings, and upon judging a poster a troll, make the offending poster leave the group. Their success at the former depends on how well they — and the troll — understand identity cues; their success at the latter depends on whether the troll's enjoyment is sufficiently diminished or outweighed by the costs imposed by the group. Trolls can be costly in several ways. A troll can disrupt the discussion on a newsgroup, disseminate bad advice, and damage the feeling of trust in the newsgroup community. Furthermore, in a group that has become sensitized to trolling — where the rate of deception is high — many honestly naïve questions may be quickly rejected as trollings. This can be quite off-putting to the new user who upon venturing a first posting is immediately bombarded with angry accusations."
If we all ignore 'BS Sniffer' and his like Indy will be much improved. Trolls are annoyed by indifference to them most of all.
Best to Scotty and all of you doing the good work in that part of the country.
Troll catcher
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