Contact: Jerry Vlasak, MD
November 2, 2006 (310) 251-0259
Santa Monica Police Raid Homes of Two Animal Liberation Press Officers
Police Refuse to Delineate Reason for Search Warrant; Similar Raid Last Year
Resulted in Costly Lawsuit by Activists
Los Angeles- Search warrants were served on the residences Tuesday of two
North American Animal Liberation Press Officers by the Santa Monica Police
Department. No arrests were made, and no reason was given for the warrants,
signed by Los Angeles Appellate Judge Paul Turner. Thousands of dollars worth of
private items were taken with no explanation, confounding animal activists in
the Los Angeles area, which has seen increasingly effective animal advocacy in
the last several years.
The homes of Dr. Jerry Vlasak and Linda Greene were raided on Tuesday, October
31 at around 11am; neither occupant was at home. In a similar action in 2004,
the same agency raided the home of Goldfinger lead guitarist John Feldman in
Bellaire; no arrests were ever made, and Feldman was awarded $75,000 by the City
of Santa Monica last year.
Press Officer Dr. Jerry Vlasak stated: "Apparently the Santa Monica Police are
fond of rummaging through the belongings of innocent people who advocate for
animals. My wife’s underwear drawer seemed to be of special interest to them,
although the Press Office premises themselves have not been touched as yet. They
left my home a mess; we are, however, looking forward to our hefty sum from the
department, just like John and Amy [Feldman] got last year. The animals can
always use the money." Linda Greene adds: "The Press Office must be doing
something right, to incur such wrath from those who support animal exploitation
and abuse."
Despite the loss of several computers, the Press Officers, who claim they keep
back-up data available at several locations, were unfazed and back at work
within hours. Sgt. J. Moroso and Lt. Beautz of the Santa Monica Police
Department, who conducted the raids, did not respond to repeated calls.
Contact Jerry Vlasak, MD, Press Officer, at (310) 251-0259.
North American Animal Liberation Press Office
www.animalliberationpressoffice.org
press@animalliberationpressoffice.org
(818) 932-9997
"When a person places the proper value on freedom, there is nothing under the
sun that she will not do to acquire that freedom. Whenever you hear a person
saying he wants freedom, but in the next breath she is going to tell you what
she won't do to get it, or what he doesn't believe in doing in order to get it,
he doesn't believe in freedom. A person who believes in freedom will do anything
under the sun to acquire...or preserve his freedom."-- Malcolm X
