have not checked the accuracy of this information, but it was sent to me by a cockfighter. It should make interesting reading for law enforcement officers.
In April 1993 Goodwin was sentenced to three years in jail as the ringleader of a gang vandalizing fur stores. He spent 30 months under house arrest, finishing his sentence at 22. Meanwhile, Rodney Coronado, who was busy with his Coalition to Abolish Fur Farms (CAFF), would prove harder to catch. Coronado finally went to jail in 1995 for arson and other crimes, creating a void in the "movement". Goodwin stepped in with his Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade (CAFT) with a "Statement of Purpose Adopted January 1994" that stated CAFT planned to carry out farm animal "release programs" as done by CAFF and accepted the "Animal Liberation Front, and other groups that break the law ... as an important factor in the success we achieve." Goodwin registered CAFT as a business name in Texas on Sept. 4, 1996.
ALF Calling
In March 1997, ALF called Goodwin and reported it had set a Utah mink feed co-op ablaze. Goodwin publicized the event crowing, "We're ecstatic." Clearly unconcerned with how the mink would be fed without the co-op, Goodwin stated, "We have no problem with inanimate objects being destroyed so animate objects can survive."
That same year, 1997, when ALF was calling, so was HSUS's Wayne Pacelle. He hired Goodwin that year but Goodwin continued to operate publicly under the CAFT moniker.
Goodwin's CAFT pressured a clothing chain over its sales of fur products in 1998, and the company issued a $100,000 check to HSUS.(5) Goodwin's tactics were so extreme that a fur shop owner, tired by incessant protest, attacks on his property and threats against staff, filed a lawsuit in 1999 against Goodwin and CAFT under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.(6)
At the time, no one but Goodwin, Pacelle and the HSUS payroll department knew that Goodwin was working for HSUS.
In April 1997, Goodwin led a protest celebrating the 10th anniversary of a $5 million arson at the University of California's Davis' John E. Thurman Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory,(7) the first ALF arson in the United States.(8) Craig Rosebraugh, who would go on to be an ALF/ELF spokesman, reported that Goodwin led the protesters past a chain raised by law enforcement where protesters were met by police officers(9):
Goodwin continued with his orders, now insulting the cops as much as he was trying to direct the crowd. "F**K YOU, ASSHOLES!" he shouted, sticking the megaphones in the cops' faces. "EVERYONE OVER THE CHAIN! STICK TOGETHER! DON'T BACK DOWN!"
The day's arrest list of 30 people includes many names in the extreme animal liberation movement.(10)
Arrested was Jonathan Paul, Rodney Coronado's former business partner. Paul is currently serving time for his involvement in the original 1987 ALF arson at UC Davis, along with other crimes.
Craig Rosebraugh, Leslie Pickering and Goodwin were also arrested at the protest. They'd go on to gain fame as spokesmen for the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and, in the case of Rosebraugh and Pickering, for their advocacy of the overthrow of the government.
Peter Young was arrested that day. He too would become an ALF felon and, unrepentant, go on to a career as a motivational speaker for ALF, pulling another generation of impressionable children into lives of crime.
In May 1997, the same year he was on HSUS's payroll, Goodwin stated, "CAFT does support the ALF, though the ALF is hardly a terrorist organization."
As one of the "All-Star" speakers at the 1997 Animal Rights Conference in Washington, DC, Goodwin spoke on "The intergenerational connection (Improving relations between student groups and the rest of the movement)".(11) He held "education and strategy training sessions" for young people, featuring Breaking Free!, a video glorifying crimes committed by ALF/ELF.(12)
A pattern emerged at Goodwin-organized protests where out-of-state juveniles were arrested during school hours. Goodwin praised the Straight Edge faction of young vegans, some of whom turned intolerant and militant, for "breathing new life into the movement."(13) Goodwin and his cohorts took to donning ski masks at protests Now you see them, now you don't.
ALF Calling
In March 1997, ALF called Goodwin and reported it had set a Utah mink feed co-op ablaze. Goodwin publicized the event crowing, "We're ecstatic." Clearly unconcerned with how the mink would be fed without the co-op, Goodwin stated, "We have no problem with inanimate objects being destroyed so animate objects can survive."
That same year, 1997, when ALF was calling, so was HSUS's Wayne Pacelle. He hired Goodwin that year but Goodwin continued to operate publicly under the CAFT moniker.
Goodwin's CAFT pressured a clothing chain over its sales of fur products in 1998, and the company issued a $100,000 check to HSUS.(5) Goodwin's tactics were so extreme that a fur shop owner, tired by incessant protest, attacks on his property and threats against staff, filed a lawsuit in 1999 against Goodwin and CAFT under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.(6)
At the time, no one but Goodwin, Pacelle and the HSUS payroll department knew that Goodwin was working for HSUS.
In April 1997, Goodwin led a protest celebrating the 10th anniversary of a $5 million arson at the University of California's Davis' John E. Thurman Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory,(7) the first ALF arson in the United States.(8) Craig Rosebraugh, who would go on to be an ALF/ELF spokesman, reported that Goodwin led the protesters past a chain raised by law enforcement where protesters were met by police officers(9):
Goodwin continued with his orders, now insulting the cops as much as he was trying to direct the crowd. "F**K YOU, ASSHOLES!" he shouted, sticking the megaphones in the cops' faces. "EVERYONE OVER THE CHAIN! STICK TOGETHER! DON'T BACK DOWN!"
The day's arrest list of 30 people includes many names in the extreme animal liberation movement.(10)
Arrested was Jonathan Paul, Rodney Coronado's former business partner. Paul is currently serving time for his involvement in the original 1987 ALF arson at UC Davis, along with other crimes.
Craig Rosebraugh, Leslie Pickering and Goodwin were also arrested at the protest. They'd go on to gain fame as spokesmen for the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and, in the case of Rosebraugh and Pickering, for their advocacy of the overthrow of the government.
Peter Young was arrested that day. He too would become an ALF felon and, unrepentant, go on to a career as a motivational speaker for ALF, pulling another generation of impressionable children into lives of crime.
In May 1997, the same year he was on HSUS's payroll, Goodwin stated, "CAFT does support the ALF, though the ALF is hardly a terrorist organization."
As one of the "All-Star" speakers at the 1997 Animal Rights Conference in Washington, DC, Goodwin spoke on "The intergenerational connection (Improving relations between student groups and the rest of the movement)".(11) He held "education and strategy training sessions" for young people, featuring Breaking Free!, a video glorifying crimes committed by ALF/ELF.(12)
A pattern emerged at Goodwin-organized protests where out-of-state juveniles were arrested during school hours. Goodwin praised the Straight Edge faction of young vegans, some of whom turned intolerant and militant, for "breathing new life into the movement."(13) Goodwin and his cohorts took to donning ski masks at protests Now you see them, now you don't.
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