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An interesting development in the Seattle grand jury came to light recently. When Allison Lance Watson was charged with perjury she became entitled to discovery in the form of other grand jury participants testimony. This discovery has revealed that Geoffrey Kerns turned snitch for the government.

Geoff Kerns was never exactly someone who you would call upstanding. When he was caught releasing mink in the late nineties he defecated in his own pants and cried in the police cruiser, earning him the nickname "poopie pants." The animal rights movement pretty much parted ways with Geoff shortly after when he covered himself in ALF tattoos and began calling himself "ALF Geoff," and therby proving his lack of security sense. He then moved on to anarchist groups in the Los Angeles and Orange County area but was shunned shortly after due to accusations of theft, egotism, and security lapses.

In his testimony to the grand jury Geoff identified people by pointing them out in pictures, speculated as to who may know what people were responsible for crimes, and admitted to stealing from other activists and their families. He said that he was answering the grand juries questions because he had already been run out of activist circles and was afraid of jail. He also pointed out that he was afraid his testimony would eventually become public, because after all, "snitches get stitches."

Geoff Kerns has proven himself to be a coward, a thief, a liar, and now an assistant to the Bush administrations' War on Activism. He admits in his testimony that he is "betraying people who trusted" him. While Gina Lynn and Kim Beradi have been jailed and another awaits charges of perjury, Geoff skulks around Southern California thinking his traitorous ways are still hidden by the grand jury.



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like we couldn't have guessed...

28.08.2004 20:51


anyone who knew this kid could have guessed this would happen eventually. what a scumbag.

geoff knower



Geoff Kerns

09.09.2004 16:40


Obviously whomever wrote this article has his/her own agenda. There are two sides to EVERY story.

David



hes not that bad

11.09.2004 11:05


Geoff isn't all that bad. I recently sat for tea and crumpets with the lad and we discussed poetry and bathtub etiquette. When pooping in the tub, do you get out of the tub with bits of poo on you, or try to take the poo out of the tub with a little bit of paper towel and then rinse off? We couldn't come up with a good answer but nonetheless it was a worthwhile discussion. Nobody with that kind of intellect is worthy of the slander I see here, and I will not have any more of it.

(Another) Geoff Knower


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Kerns' Testimony

17.09.2004 02:22
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…GEOFF: Which organization?
AUSA: The animal rights organization that you were involved in.
GEOFF: I was involved in a number of them. But in general, with activism movements such as that, if you do something like what I am doing now, this is the general rules, snitches get stitches.
AUSA: Then there are consequences for you?
GEOFF: If anybody finds out, yeah.
AUSA: For example.
GEOFF: I don’t know. Get beaten. Get hurt really bad.
AUSA: Had you heard that before, had somebody said if you do that, this is what’s going to happen?
GEOFF: I mean, not specifically, not relating to this. But in general, that like I said, snitches get stitches. I mean, shit, I kicked this kid in the face for doing the same thing in Long Island.
AUSA: So you do have some fear for your safety because of what’s happened here at the grand jury?
GEOFF: If anybody finds out, I don’t know what happens. If they do, yeah.
AUSA: If it’s any consolation to you, you haven’t snitched on anyone.
GEOFF: I have talked about [BLANK5].
AUSA: No, you haven’t. People showed you pictures of [BLANK5]. And you said, yeah, that’s [BLANK5]. And you said you heard s/he had picked up some people after the mink release. We already had that information.
GEOFF: It’s still snitching. The thing you got to understand, you don’t help them put people in jail. And if they didn’t have a use for it, for me coming up here and doing that, then they wouldn’t be bringing me up here.

…GEOFF: Right, but I picked her/him from that. I am not trying to protect her/him. If s/he was driving the car, why would I say s/he was not driving the car but pick her/him out there?”


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