[Volokh] Jonathan Adler: "Anitscience" Violence at UC Santa Cruz:

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Posted by Jonathan Adler:
"Anitscience" Violence at UC Santa Cruz:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_08_03-2008_08_09.shtml#1217856657


   The NYT reports on the firebombing of two researchers' homes in Santa
   Cruz, California. Authorities believe animal rights activists opposed
   to biomedical research are responsible for the attacks.

     About 5:30 a.m. Saturday, two small bombs ignited outside the
     researchersâ homes. In one of the attacks, a vehicle was destroyed
     in a faculty memberâs driveway. At the second residence, a
     two-story home near the universityâs front gates, the fire forced
     the researcher, his wife and two children to flee the home from an
     upstairs window. The fires were quickly extinguished.

     One minor injury was reported, according to The Santa Cruz
     Sentinel, which also said the police were viewing the attacks as
     acts of attempted homicide and domestic terrorism. . . .

     The university described the attacks as the latest in a series of
     threats and provocations from those opposed to âbiomedical research
     using animals,â including a February incident in which several
     masked intruders entered a researcherâs home. After a
     confrontation, the intruders fled. That incident followed harassing
     phone calls and vandalism of researchersâ homes, the university
     said.