The protester whose stunt was thwarted by Los Angeles Rams gamers in the course of the “Monday Evening Soccer” recreation in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers has been recognized as an animal rights activist of the group Direct Motion All over the place.
The person ran onto the sphere holding a pink smoke flare in the course of the second quarter at Levi’s Stadium, the place his mad sprint got here to a grinding halt when Rams defenders Bobby Wagner and Takk McKinley slammed him to the bottom.
Safety then caught up with the interloper and hauled him off.
Direct Motion All over the place recognized the person and his alleged cohort as Bay Space residents Alex Taylor, who was taken down, and Allison Fluty – each of whom have been sporting “RightToRescue.com” T-shirts.
The grassroots group mentioned the stunt was meant to attract consideration to the trial of two of its members who allegedly snuck right into a Utah pig farm 5 years in the past and stole a pair of piglets.
“Paul Darwin Picklesimer and Wayne Hsiung rescued two sick piglets from Circle 4 and documented lifeless and diseased piglets languishing of their mom’s feces and injured grownup pigs bodily unable to face,” the group mentioned in a information launch.
Of the 5 activists charged within the 2017 incident, three took plea offers whereas Picklesimer and Hsiung face third-degree felony costs of housebreaking and a misdemeanor depend of theft. Their trial started Monday.
“Smithfield will do something to cover its abuses from the general public as a result of they know that if folks noticed what is going on inside manufacturing unit farms, they'd be horrified,” Taylor mentioned within the launch, referring to the proprietor of Circle 4 Farms.
“They will nice lengths to throw two of my associates in jail for years merely for investigating their farms and rescuing sick and dying piglets,” he mentioned.
“I took motion to lift consciousness concerning the ongoing Smithfield trial,” the activist added.
Direct Motion All over the place mentioned an identical protest was staged in the course of the season-opening Payments-Rams recreation final month, when two activists additionally ran onto the sphere.
“One of many girls, Emek Echo, sustained extreme head trauma when she was tackled, which she says left her dazed and unable to face when safety,” the group mentioned.
Taylor and Fluty have been cited for the “Monday Evening Soccer” stunt, in line with the rights group.
The Submit has reached out to Smithfield Meals for remark.
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