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A communiqué signed only by "the Justice Department" shows what happens when movements such as animal rights begin providing a safe haven for people bent on violence. The release promised retaliation against any animal rights activists who provides information on terrorist acts committed by activists. Claiming that "our movement is currently under threat from infiltrators, informers, and violent animal abusers," the communiqué warns. "Former ALF activists have been suspected of feeding information into federal agents ... this will not be tolerated."
Citing rumors that Josh Ellerman and Colby Ellerman supplied federal authorities with detailed information about Animal Liberation Front activities, the communiqué warns, "they [animal rights informants] will not rest in peace once released. We will be on the other side of the fence waiting and we will find them wherever they hide ... The ALF have a clear policy of adherence to non-violence. We do not."
I thought it was only hunters and meat eaters who resorted to violence?