Arrests and activist history Jeremy Hammond

1 arrests , activist history

1.1 marijuana arrests
1.2 rnc 2004
1.3 occupy wicker park
1.4 anti-nazi protesting
1.5 chicago pride parade
1.6 protest warrior
1.7 protesting holocaust denier david irving
1.8 olympic protest
1.9 stratfor case

arrests , activist history
marijuana arrests

hammond arrested possessing marijuana in november 2004 , december 2010.

rnc 2004

during 2004 republican national convention protest activity in new york, hammond arrested during drum-banging protest .

occupy wicker park

during march initiated university of illinois @ chicago students on september 12, 2005, hammond arrested when police intervened after twenty marchers occupied wicker park s damen , milwaukee traffic intersection.

anti-nazi protesting

jeremy arrested along 25 others helping anti-fascist groups @ national socialist movement s december 10, 2005 rally in toledo, ohio. total of 25 people arrested violations relating court injunction barred public gatherings (meant protect neo-nazis protesters).

chicago pride parade

jeremy pleaded guilty battery getting altercation anti-gay protesters , police while marching in gay pride parade. jeremy s lawyer, melinda power, attributed melee anti-gay protesters attacked client @ annual chicago pride parade on june 28, 2004.

protest warrior

on december 7, 2006, hammond sentenced 2 years in federal prison , 3 years probation after pleading guilty charges of breaking computer system of protest warrior, group aggressively targeted anti-iraq war activists. based on information , chat logs provided cooperating witnesses, hammond indicted on june 26, 2006, hacking politically conservative website , stealing computer database including credit card information . @ sentencing hearing, court heard motivated politics , not personal gain. prosecutor assistant u.s. attorney brandon d. fox said, while jeremy hammond tried make politics, wanted make occurred, stole credit cards . charges of 2.5 million dollars in damages assessed based on $500 per credit card, each of 5,000 credit card numbers in hammond s possession, despite fact no money had been spent. hammond served prison term @ federal correctional institution (fci) of greenville, illinois, medium-security facility.

protesting holocaust denier david irving

on march 25, 2010, hammond arrested taking part in confrontation holocaust denier david irving. wearing black masks, 5 people stormed edelweiss restaurant in norridge, illinois, , threw glasses , kicked on chairs drive out irving s guests during restaurant patron struck bottle.

olympic protest

on november 29, 2010, hammond sentenced 18 months probation , 130 hours of community service mob action, cook county judge joseph kazmierski. hammond along 5 others had been arrested on september 29, 2009, tearing down chicago 2016 banner @ daley plaza , burning protest chicago bid 2016 summer olympics.

stratfor case

on march 5, 2012, hammond arrested fbi agents in bridgeport neighborhood of chicago actions related 2012–13 stratfor email leak. indictment unsealed following day in lower manhattan federal district court. 1 of 6 individuals united states, england , ireland indicted.

the arrests largely due fbi informant known sabu. fox news in manhattan first break story based on access sabu s handlers of 3 arrests on 2 continents , sealed federal indictment six, , separate indictment hammond. story later confirmed other news agencies when court papers unsealed.

the case prosecuted office of preet bharara, united states attorney southern district of new york. hammond represented elizabeth fink, firebrand attorney national lawyers guild won settlement of $8 million against government of new york ex-inmates of attica prison riot.

in november 2012, after being held 8 months without trial, hammond denied bail judge loretta a. preska, warned face life imprisonment stratfor leak.

in february 2013, defense filed motion asking presiding judge preska recuse herself case on basis preska s husband, thomas kavaler, had email address released in stratfor disclosure , works stratfor clients affected hack. hammond s legal team stated kavaler s status both victim of alleged crimes of accused , attorney many other victims creates appearance of partiality strong disregarded, requiring disqualification . on february 21, 2013, judge preska denied request recusal because husband did not recall subscribing stratfor s mailing list , information released publicly available work e-mail address, , hammond s alleged legal strategy have every judge recuse until there no judges left try case.

after pleading guilty 1 count of violating computer fraud , abuse act (cfaa), hammond sentenced on november 15, 2013, maximum of ten years in prison, followed 3 years of supervised release. serving sentence in fci manchester in manchester, kentucky.

on november 9, 2017, announce hammond being transferred fci milan in milan, michigan participate in drug program in exchange getting year off of sentence.

in sentencing statement, hammond said unaware of stratfor s vulnerabilities until given them sabu, under supervision of fbi @ time according fbi s sealed complaint filed against hammond.