[IP] Maine State Police ask Environmental Activists for DNA
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From: Alice Kehoe <akehoe@xxxxxxx>
Date: June 9, 2006 10:14:07 AM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Maine State Police ask Environmental Activists for DNA
Dave - For IP, if you wish.
Friday, June 9, 2006
Activist: Police ask for DNA as scare tactic
By JEN FISH, Portland Press Herald Writer
An environmental activist said Thursday he refused to give state
police a sample of his DNA, calling the request an attempt to
intimidate people and a possible violation of his civil rights.
Jim Freeman, a member of Earth First!, said he was among the dozen
environmental activists in Maine asked to provide samples of their
DNA as part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
Freeman said he was approached by a forensic specialist working for
the Maine State Police. The specialist, he said, was working with
police to inventory camp equipment confiscated by police in April
after Earth First! attempted a protest campout on Sears Island.
Freeman said police initially told him his DNA was wanted as part of
an ongoing investigation into a broken padlock on Sears Island.
Freeman said after more questions, police told him the investigation
was actually related to the vandalism incidents at Plum Creek.
Earth First! and other environmental groups have staunchly opposed
the planned development around Moosehead Lake by the Seattle-based
Plum Creek Timber Co. <snip>
... http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/060609dna.shtml
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