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RTF founder released from federal prison
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RAISETHEFIST FOUNDER RELEASED FROM FEDERAL PRISON
FEB 16 2001 - After charges against RTF founder, Sherman Austin were dropped on Feb 14th, a court order was put in by his attorney to release him immediately. Sherman was released from Oklahoma Federal Prison, after being airlifted there in the custody of U.S marshals towards his arrival to California.
Inmates are usually taken to Oklahoma as a "pub" before reaching their destination.
After leaving the Southern District Federal Prison in lower Manhattan, Sherman spent about 2 days in Oklahoma Federal prison before being released.
Sherman was being held in “high-security” federal prison following his arrest on Feb. 2nd by the NYPD at the WEF protests. He was held in Brooklyn Navy Yard jail for aprox 30 hours before being taken into a back room where he was interrogated by FBI and Secret Service, and then released with no charges. Within minutes he was then re-arrested by the FBI.
Sherman has been incarcerated for 13 days.
He is the last of the WEF protestors to be released.
No reason was given as of why the FBI dropped the charges. "He still has the sword of Damocles hanging over him. The government arrested him out of the blue and then reversed themselves out of the blue," Austin's lawyer Susan Tipograph said. "Who knows what they're going to do next?"
FEB 16 2001 - After charges against RTF founder, Sherman Austin were dropped on Feb 14th, a court order was put in by his attorney to release him immediately. Sherman was released from Oklahoma Federal Prison, after being airlifted there in the custody of U.S marshals towards his arrival to California.
Inmates are usually taken to Oklahoma as a "pub" before reaching their destination.
After leaving the Southern District Federal Prison in lower Manhattan, Sherman spent about 2 days in Oklahoma Federal prison before being released.
Sherman was being held in “high-security” federal prison following his arrest on Feb. 2nd by the NYPD at the WEF protests. He was held in Brooklyn Navy Yard jail for aprox 30 hours before being taken into a back room where he was interrogated by FBI and Secret Service, and then released with no charges. Within minutes he was then re-arrested by the FBI.
Sherman has been incarcerated for 13 days.
He is the last of the WEF protestors to be released.
No reason was given as of why the FBI dropped the charges. "He still has the sword of Damocles hanging over him. The government arrested him out of the blue and then reversed themselves out of the blue," Austin's lawyer Susan Tipograph said. "Who knows what they're going to do next?"
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Quite frankly, he could have gone up on the script-kiddie charges before September. Check out the timeline affadavit; there was no rush to nail Sherman, and the timing of the raid is awfully convenient.
So, does this mean the script-kiddie charges and the bombmaking instruction charges are gone, outta here, seeya? That would definitely seem to indicate the raid and charges were more a form of legal intimidation than an actual case the FBI intended to pursue.