The police continue to harass and intimidate our community and our allies and the list of people
charged is growing long. We are in touch with all of those people and making sure they are getting the
legal support they need.
It is important for people to understand that there are two separate legal issues that 1492 Land Back
Lane is currently dealing with.
First is the mounting charges against our Land Defenders and supporters.
The second is the civil case and fighting the injunction. Our fundraising efforts have been ongoing as we expect our legal costs to be able to fight both situations
to be significant.
Due to the strict time lines put in place by the court, we were not able to ensure that we would be able to fight both situations given our current fundraising situation.
As such the priority has been set on ensuring that every single person who faces criminalization due to the ongoing issues at 1492 has the legal support that they require. This means that Skyler Williams will be self representing for the civil proceedings.
We have put together an amazing team of community to assist in building our defense, along with movement and criminal lawyers to cover everyone else. We have built a large legal team consisting of more than 20 different lawyers representing people or consulting in various ways.
So far everyone who has been arrested has been able to talk to a lawyer and other people on the legal support team to get what they need regarding criminal charges arising from being on the land at 1492 Land Back Lane.
So far that is 26 people, and counting. Anyone who needs
support with arrests or concern of arrest from their actions at 1492 Land Back Lane should reach out to
us at Landbacklanelegalsupport@protonmail.com.
Our Legal Fund (gofundme.com/f/legal-fund-1…) is currently at $130,500. We intend
on continuing our fundraising efforts with the hope of being able to secure legal council for the Civil
injunction in addition to covering all people charged in connection.
With the arrest count still rising—we know many more arrests are coming—and our desire to fight the civil case, we have decided to increase our goal on our gofundme to $500,000.
This goal will not get us to the supreme court, but it will make sure that everyone who wants to can take their charges to trial to defend themselves. This is going to be a long road ahead with a lot of hard work and dedication.
However this cannot be done with out your support. Please give generously.
A huge shout out to the organizers and administrators of the online legal fund auction, and to everyone
who donated items, and to those who bid.
The auction raised $29,388 for the legal fund. If other people have fundraising ideas, please reach out to us at landback6nations@gmail.com.
Thank you all so much for the ongoing support.
-Land Back Lane Legal Support
LAND BACK EVERYWHERE.
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