Tim DeChristopher’s long awaited trial begins this Monday, February, 28- Salt Lake City!
Filmmaker and Activist Tim DeChristopher who has appeared at the Wild & Scenic Film Festival the past 3 years as a panelist and through the “film in progress” Bidder 70, will be standing trail this coming Monday, February 28 in Salt Lake City.
From PeacefulUprising.org:
Tim is facing ten years in prison on two felony charges for derailing an illegal sale of public land from the outgoing Bush administration to private oil and gas developers.
The government is embarrassed by this very public trial, and wishes it would go away, but Tim has refused any kind of plea bargain because he thinks a jury of his peers should decide if he was justified in defying an unjust system that is dooming us to an unlivable future.
It is this kind of peaceful, powerful, and courageous civil disobedience that is largely missing from the climate movement. An outbreak of jury trials (and willingness to serve time if necessary) could create a political atmosphere that allows a reasonable governmental response to climate change–while bringing the damaging injustices of our current system into the spotlight.
More information: http://www.peacefuluprising.org/climate-trial
