Eric McDavid was arrested in Auburn, CA on January 13, 2006 as part of the government’s ongoing Green Scare campaign. He was convicted of “conspiracy to destroy property by means of fire or explosives,” despite no crime actually taking place. Eric's trial was riddled with lies and blunders on the part of the government, who are now pushing for a sentence of 20 years in prison.

Eric has been held in solitary confinement at the Sacramento County Main Jail since the day of his arrest. He has struggled with obtaining proper food and has had numerous health issues. He was arrested along with Zachary Jenson and Lauren Weiner. The government’s case is based on the word of a single FBI informant who was paid over $75,000 to fabricate a crime and implicate the trio. Both of Eric’s co-defendants have since caved under the threat of being imprisoned for 20 years and plead guilty to a lesser charge. In doing so, they also agreed to testify against Eric and cooperate in every way possible, including testifying in front of secret grand jury proceedings. Eric has been repeatedly denied bail.

For over two years, he has only been allowed to leave his cell for a few hours per week and receives very little contact with the outside world. He needs your support now more than ever, as he prepares to appeal this outrageous conviction.

Prisoner support
- In responce to this highly political sentencing Eric's support campaign, has released the following statement. We encourage everyone to circulate the statement far and wide to help raise awareness of Eric's outragous situation.

Eric McDavid, x-2972521 7E128
Sacramento County Main Jail
651 "I" Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
USA

More information
- Erics support campaign: http://supporteric.org/howtohelp.htm
- Eart liberation prisoner support: http://www.spiritoffreedom.org.uk/
- Greenscare: http://www.greenscare.org/
- Wikipedia om Erc McDavid: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_McDavid

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Greenscare

The term Green Scare refers to the federal government's expanding prosecution efforts against animal liberation and ecological activists, drawing parallels to the "Red Scares" of the 1910's and 1950s.

A 2002 edition of a prisoner support zine, Spirit of Freedom, defined the Green Scare as, "the tactics that the US government and all their tentacles (FBI, IRS, BATF, Joint Terrorism Task Forces, local police, the court system) are using to attack the ELF/ALF (Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front) and specifically those who publicly support them."

The term has now been widely used to describe an early 2006 sweep of arrests, convictions and grand jury indictments of alleged ELF/ALF activists on charges relating to acts of property damage, conspiracy, arson and use of destructive devices dubbed "Operation Backfire," the cases of the SHAC7, Eric McDavid and Rod Coronado, as well as recent repressive legislation such as the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, which attempts to turn activists into "terrorists."