Pros And Cons Of Grand Juries

Radical ecological movements are not new. Repressing those movements by using grand juries are not new. There are reasons why grand juries should be resisted. The governments utilized grand jury investigations is used against our communities. They have been used to silence and intimidate activists of any and mostly every movement that has come by. The states are succeeding to destabilized movements and fosters distrust by people cooperating with the grand jury. The grand jury validates the state’s intentions of imposing bad efforts. A political and ethical way to stand against illegitimate authority and build greater resistance to the injustices of the government is by noncollaboration. We have the right to resist when subpoenaed to a grand …show more content…
There are rules that usually prohibits the prosecutor of doing a certain thing, but generally in the grand jury there isn’t much of a rule saying they can’t questions witnesses without unlawfully evidence. It is used for unprofessional investigation of political or public movements or matters. The purpose of grand juries is a misconception. It is not to indict people to prosecute, convict, and incarcerate them. It is to dismantle social movements. They do this through harassment and intimidation. All the while, they collect information illegally. Grand juries are used to coerce their cooperation to change our relationships, beliefs, and such other things. I do very much support the grandjuryresistance.org. The grand jury has been misused. They are an abused of power. It is unconstitutional to jail people for remaining silent when that’s one of their human rights. It is unlawful. They operate under secrecy and very differently from the U.S. Court system. And because of this, they are able to use their power to undermine the efforts of Arah and Muslim community leaders, anarchists, environmental activists, animal liberations activists, medical marijuana activist, and others more. Why are these acts being