Earth Liberation Front Press Office April 5, 2001: Communications Equipment Seized by FBI Released 14 Years Later
Wednesday 15th Jul, 2015
Earth Liberation Front Press Office April 5, 2001:
Communications Equipment Seized by FBI Released 14 Years Later
A Multimedia Art Installation of Returned Objects
This multimedia art installation of returned objects, Earth Liberation Front Press Office April 5, 2001: Communications Equipment Seized by FBI Released 14 Years Later, opens on July 15 from 6-9 p.m. at the ¡Buen Vivir! Gallery in Buffalo's historic Allentown.
On display will be items seized in an April 5, 2001 raid by a Joint Terrorism Task Force led by the FBI on the Earth Liberation Front Press Office in Portland, OR. These returned objects, fourteen years after the raid, include fax machines, computers, a cell phone, phone books, and typewriters. The communications equipment seized belonged to the former ELF press officers, including current Buffalo Burning Books co-owner, Leslie James Pickering.
Also on display will be documents and objects from Pickering’s personal archive around the events.
Former ELF Press Officer Leslie James Pickering and civil rights attorney Michael Kuzma will speak at 7 p.m. during the opening on July 15.
The installation runs through July 26th.
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