New trial documents surfaced yesterday that carry an interesting spin in the PMC/Levi Cole “stalking” saga. Most notably, the documents position Jon Grindell as having carried out the liberation of the rabbits – even though no one, Jon included, has been charged, tried or found guilty. Oddly, this is also the first time the PMC has ever made this claim. The spin continues and is only more heightened and nuanced than the last documents – all still though with the focus on the attempt to smear and destroy Jon’s character. For example, although Jon has no prior history as an arsonist we get repeated attempts to present him as such. Also, a laundry list of threats from events Jon asserts never actually occurred. The entire document is an affront to the legal profession and reads more like the work of a political spin doctor than a lawyer.

To top it all off, Jon is chastised as previous documents were put up on this site and those documents included names and address of some of the Portland Meat Collective members. We find it hilarious that the Portland Meat Collective carries on this hyper-vicitimization well past its due date. Although our initial post reads, “We will cover this issue to its conclusion, but urge support and solidarity with John as well as call for others to continue on with legal free speech activism against the Portland Meat Collective (Camas Davis, Chris Larson, Levi Cole, etc.) Their spin throughout has been to victimize themselves and this is just another example” this is spun by Levi Cole’s lawyers as (complete with grammatical errors), “Furthermore, after he was served with the protective order, he allowed the Petitioner’s home address was published in the internet on an extreme animal rights website; an implied call for others to continue his attacks on Mr. Cole.” First, our site is not run by Jon Grindell and he is not liable for contents on it. Second, I sincerely hope the judge is directed towards a website which features a smiling comic cat wearing a badge. Fuck. Third, everyone at the PMC already knows there is no threat. There never was a threat, there never will be a threat.

Jon will be in court tomorrow at the Justice Center tomorrow (Friday) morning from 10am-Noon followed by lunch recess before restarting from 1:30-5pm. The justice center is located at 1120 SW 3rd Ave in Downtown Portland. If you can make it down to support, please do. Also, please continue to voice your displeasure with the Portland Meat Collective (in the form of legal free speech activism). They have been attempting to spin all of this into creating local press that is sympathetic and people in Portland should be made aware of their real intentions: profit.

UPDATE: Trial is now at the Multnomah County Courthouse, located at 1021 SW 4th Ave (across from the Justice Center). In courthouse room 228 with Judge Baldwin.