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They seized all computer equipment and political literature, interrogated him for hours, and told him he had "crossed over a line"
Sherman was the webmaster of Raisethefist.com.
A week later he attended the World Economic
Forum protests in New York where he was arrested by the FBI , taken into a back room in hand-cuffs and interrogated again by
the FBI and Secret Service, then put into a 24-hour maximum security federal prison cell, and labled a "teen terrorist."
He was released a year later with 3 years of strict
probation which prohibits him from having access to a computer as well as
knowingly associating with individuals who "espouse violence
for political change."
For information
specific to the case of Sherman Austin , please visit FreeSherman.org , otherwise
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Jan 24, 2002 more than 25 federal agents from the FBI and Secret Service
Joint-terror Task Force armed with sub-machine guns, shot guns, and bullet-proof vests
surrounded Sherman Austin in his home. He was 18 years old. Federal agents raided the house under the USA Patriot Act. They came armed and ready to kill.
What was Sherman's alledged crime? "distribution of information related to explosives or weapons of mass destruction".
However Sherman never distributed or authored any
information about explosives. In fact the
FBI referred to a completely different site (not this one) authored by somebody else. The FBI visited this other person
and confirmed he indeed put the information on the internet, not Sherman.
However the FBI purposely lied, fabricated statements, and submitted false court documents
to work a frame-up in cahoots with John Ashcroft, Senator Dianne Feinstein, federal prosecuters, and other agencies to railroad and persecute
Sherman, a young black anarchist, and paint him as a terrorist.
What law did Sherman break? NONE! Yet he was eventually convicted and sentenced to a year in federal prison
on Aug 4, 2003 for
"18 U.S.C. 842 (p)(2)(A):
DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION
RELATING TO EXPLOSIVES,
DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, AND
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
WITH THE INTENT THAT SUCH
INFORMATION BE USED IN
FURTHERANCE OF A FEDERAL CRIME
OF VIOLENCE"