COURT ORDER SOUGHT TO BLOCK HOME PROTESTS.Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer Hoping to avoid future confrontations with animal-rights activists, the city of Los Angeles
James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California . City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo Rockard John "Rocky" Delgadillo (born July 15 1960) is the current City Attorney of Los Angeles, California. Career
A hearing is scheduled for Aug. 20 on whether a permanent injunction permanent injunction n. a final order of a court that a person or entity refrain from certain activities permanently or take certain actions (usually to correct a nuisance) until completed. against the protesters should be issued. Aides to Hahn said the mayor wouldn't comment on the order, but said his security personnel were concerned about the potential threat. However, the Animal Defense League - which has targeted Hahn and officials with the Animal Services Department to protest the city's continued euthanasia of animals - said they would defy any order. ``This is McCarthyism at its worst,'' ADL spokesman Jerry Vlasak Jerry Vlasak is an American physician, animal rights activist, environmentalist, and press officer for the North American Animal Liberation Press Office. He is a member of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a director of the Animal Defense League, a former member said. ``(No) ADL member has ever participated in any type of violence, harassment or illegal activities. ``We have a constitutionally protected right of free speech. Just because (the city) doesn't like our message, doesn't give them the right to silence us.'' Last Saturday, a group of about 12 ADL activists - many wearing masks and carrying signs - descended on Hahn's house in San Pedro to protest the city's policies on animal protection. Hahn's neighbors grew angry at the protest and sprayed the demonstrators with water from powerful squirt guns known as Super Soakers before the group left. Rick Orlov, (213) 978-0390 rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com |
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