1st Ag - Gag prosecution - Woman filmed slaughterhouse from street

welcome back to the david adventure welcome back to the show well couple months ago we talked about this legislation that was being put in place much to the the um... joy of big slaughterhouses in big agricultural companies which would it make it the legal to do undercover videos of anything from slaughterhouses we've got quite a picture that i like that at least we can see that very very clearly everything from slaughterhouses the other kind of who's related of locations right listen this is obviously that the goal was obvious the conditions are so bad there that we want to criminalize and scare people from ever trying to sneak in and get any video of what we're doing very very clear what was going on reading you all that all the kind of regular players who were supporting it so we are now seeing the first potential small beer sing the first prosecution we will see if if there's a conviction four these ag ag laws amy minor may be the first person charged under the twenty twelve law she was horrified by what she saw added draper slaughterhouse and she decided to film it this is in utah utah slaughter house in draper twenty five years old she's now facing a class b misdemeanor for agricultural operation interference prosecutors filed a charge injury peru's court after meyer reportedly used her cellphone to film of the day old t senescence sons meat-packing company so class b_ misdemeanors carry up to six months in jail meyer has pleaded not guilty to the charger next court appearances in uh... on may twenty third and she is free pending the trial so there was a written statement sent to the salt lake city the salt lake tribune and meyer explained she went to the slaughter house because she heard bystanders on public property were able to without going onto the property of the slaughterhouse witnessed the horror of cows struggling for their lives while being led to their violent deaths that's a quote where defense attorney stuart gaulan says that meyer was standing on public property she used her cell phone to capture video and that she is absolutely not trespassed or broken any laws here in the in her statement meyer actually describes a pretty horrific scene which is not uncommon right piles of horns coming out of a shoot uh... cows turning around because they're horrified and the real issue here is if you're standing outside the grounds lewis are you really breaking any laws you're standing in public with the big deal uh... i think i would assume that if you're on brahma property theirs beyond our meltdown we're gonna see what happens matheson clear was going to happen but it is her effect