Biography
Thomas Keenan, 24, ARA/Antifa member, arrested July 23, 2007 near LOVE Park in Philadelphia during a counter-protest against a planned (but never-held) KKK rally. The group followed undercover FBI antiterrorism task-force officers dressed as skinheads and damaged their FBI SUV. Most felonies dropped via plea bargain; convicted only of disorderly conduct. A contemporary report in Defenestrator states that the four defendants spent approximately 27 hours at Philadelphia’s 9th Police Precinct after the July 23, 2007 arrests before being released on bail. This was pretrial detention, separate from the later disposition without a prison sentence.
A contemporary report in Defenestrator states that the four defendants spent approximately 27 hours at Philadelphia’s 9th Police Precinct after the July 23, 2007 arrests before being released on bail. This was pretrial detention, separate from the later disposition without a prison sentence.
The LOVE Park defense committee’s Summer 2009 update identifies Larry Krasner and Paul Hetznecker as defense lawyers and reports a May 12 hearing before Judge Frank Palumbo on the prosecution’s appeal from Judge Marsha Neifeld’s order to disclose the identities of two undercover narcotics officers. The update says Palumbo took the matter under advisement and requested further briefs. The anticipated June 16 decision was a future event, not an established outcome. This proceeding does not create a new period of custody.
