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Jordan Halliday
Jordan Halliday
Halliday in Salt Lake City, 2009
Born (1987-08-11) August 11, 1987 (age 37)[1]
West Jordan, Utah, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Known forAnimal rights activism, Grand Jury Resistance
MovementAnarchist[2]
Websitesupportjordan.org

Jordan Cade Halliday (born August 11, 1987) is an American animal rights activist, former political prisoner, instructor, speaker, author, designer, artist and developer. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in 2009 on charges related to resisting that same federal grand jury. That grand jury was investigating local illegal animal rights activities, mainly concerning fur farm raids in Utah. He was jailed for nearly four months under a contempt of court order to compel him to testify.[3] He was later released and indicted on criminal contempt of court.[1][4] He pleaded no contest to "Criminal Contempt of Court" on July 27, 2010. The charge is a unique one in that it is sui generis, meaning it is neither a felony nor a misdemeanor. He was sentenced on November 3, 2010, to 10 months in prison with 3 years of probation upon release. He filed an appeal with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals which was denied.[5] He was accused of violating his terms by allegedly associating with the vegan straightedge. His house was raided by a dozen armed FBI agents and he started serving his sentence early on January 9, 2012. He was released on July 20, 2012, his civil time running concurrent with his criminal time. He was released with 3 years of probation. On August 8, 2013, he was granted early termination of supervision after filing a motion with his lawyer.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] [18] [19] [20][21]

Early life

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Halliday was raised in West Jordan, Utah, where he graduated from Copper Hills High School.[1] According to personal writings and court records Halliday was in and out of treatment for various mental health related issues over his life. Halliday has been diagnosed and identifies as someone who is neurodivergent.

Activism

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According to testimony by his mother he became vegan at age 12.[22] Halliday decided to go vegetarian when he witnessed a cow give birth to a calf which was named after him. The calf later was sold presumably for veal or rodeo entertainment. When eating steak one night with his family, they joked they could be eating "Jordan", so Halliday pushed his plate away and has refused to eat meat ever since.[23]

During High School, Halliday formed SLARP (Salt Lake Animal Rights Project) which was a school club dealing with Animal Rights issues in Salt Lake.[24]

Later in life Halliday formed the Salt Lake Chapter of the Animal Defense League known as ADLSLC.[1][15][16][25]

Charges and arrests

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Grand Jury resistance

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Halliday was subpoenaed to testify before the Federal Grand Jury in Feb. 2009, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The grand jury was thought to be investigating recent mink releases by the Animal Liberation Front, which Halliday claims to support but isn't affiliated.[26]

Others feel it is a modern-day witch hunt to gather information on the local Animal Rights community.[27] Halliday's Support Committee claims that the grand jury was allegedly formed to investigate the mink raids, but the questions asked went far beyond the inquests into criminal activity.[28] Halliday allegedly used a form of Civil disobedience to resist the federal grand jury.

Civil contempt of court

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Halliday was found to be in civil contempt of court by order of a judge. He was incarcerated for nearly four months, after which he was let out and charged with criminal contempt of court.

Criminal contempt of court

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Halliday pleaded no contest to "criminal contempt" on July 27, 2010.[6] He was sentenced on November 3, 2010 to 10 months in prison and 3 years probation upon release. He filed an appeal with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals which was denied. He was accused of violating his terms by allegedly associating with the vegan straightedge after allegedly giving an interview to an apparel company.

FBI raid and arrest

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Halliday's house was raided by a dozen armed FBI agents and he started serving his sentence early on January 9, 2012. He was released on July 20, 2012, his civil time running concurrent with his criminal time. He was released with 3 years of probation.[4][29][7][8][9][14][15][16][17][30][18][19][31][32] [20] [21] [33] [34] [35] [36][37]

Targeted residential picketing

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Halliday was convicted with count one "Targeted Residential Picketing Prohibited" (which is a 'class b misdemeanor') by a jury of four peers on December 1, 2009. This charge arose from a 2008 protest in the neighborhood of an animal researcher.

Halliday's other charge of "Wearing a mask with the intent to commit a crime" was dropped by the prosecution to avoid another mistrial after the jury failed to reach a verdict for over 4 hours. In an earlier trial there was a mistrial caused by a Fur Farmer being on the Jury.

Halliday was sentenced to 1 year probation, 50 hours community service, and a $750 fine. However, on appeal Halliday was ultimately found Not Guilty.[1][38][39]

Harassment

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During the summer of 2008 Halliday claims to have experienced a lot of strange harassment outside of his home. Halliday claims the harassment started shortly after his name appeared in a University of Utah newspaper in regards to anti-vivisection demonstrations.[40]

Some of this harassment included:

  • Receiving a decapitated rat head in the mail.
  • Someone spray painting the word “MEAT” all over his street.
  • Receiving extremely graphic hardcore pornographic videos (with explicit titles that could have been taken as threats).
  • Being woken on a regular basis to loud knocks on and/or searchlights sweeping the windows of his house, followed by screeching tires from a fleeing vehicle in the middle of the night.

Since release from prison

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Halliday is currently the co-host of the political podcast Which Side which features various guests with discussions involving animal rights, earth rights, atheism, anarchism, and many other topics.[41][42][2]

Halliday also helped found the Which Side Media Collective - a New Media Collective for a new type of Counter-Culture.[43]

Halliday currently organizes prisoner support events including letter writing nights through SLCABC.[44]

Halliday is the Co-Editor of the Save the Kids from Incarceration book series "Poetry Behind the Walls" & "Wisdom Behind the Walls" published by Arissa Media Group of which Halliday is a Senior Editor.[45] [46]

Lectures and speaking engagements

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Some of Halliday's known speaking engagements include:

  • POWER BRANDING: How to hack the minds of your customers using psychology. on March 24, 2020 via Webinar in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.[47]
  • Understanding Adobe Character Animator for Salt Lake Community College on February 26, 2020 at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) South Campus in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.[48]
  • Grand Jury Resistance & Creating a Community and Culture of Resistance at the Utah Reintegration Project on February 6, 2020 at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) South Campus in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.[49]
  • Grand Jury Resistance & Creating a Community and Culture of Resistance at the 18th Annual North American Conference for Critical Animal Studies | Institute of Critical Animal Studies (ICAS) on November 2, 2019 at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) Miller Campus in Sandy, Utah, USA.[50]
  • On Showing Compassion & Empathy for the Incarcerated at the Annual Utah Day of Empathy hosted by Utah Prisoner Advocate Network & #Cut50 on March 1, 2017 at Kafeneio Coffeehouse in Salt Lake City, Utah USA.[51]
  • Creating a Culture of Resistance at the 4th Annual North American Anarchist Black Cross Conference on September 11–14, 2014 in Denver, Colorado, USA.[52]
  • Resisting Repression From the Inside Out at the 4th Annual North American Anarchist Black Cross Conference on September 11, 2014 in Denver, Colorado, USA.[53]
  • Grand Jury Resistance & Creating a Community and Culture of Resistance at the Revolutionary Student Union (RSU) meeting on August 12, 2014 at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) South City Campus in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.[54]
  • Grand Jury Resistance & Creating a Community and Culture of Resistance at a "Know Your Rights" Event on August 1, 2014 at the Boing! Anarchist Collective in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.[55]

Writings

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Some of Halliday's known writings engagements include:

  • Find your Brand's Personality: Understanding the Benefits of Branding Archetypes[56]
  • Understanding Image File Types[57]
  • After Prison: Words from Former Earth & Animal Liberation Prisoners - Post Traumatic Stress After Prison[40]
  • Grand Jury Resistance: Understanding Grand Juries and Creating a Community of Resistance[58]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Jordan Halliday Bio Archived 2010-01-31 at the Wayback Machine, Support Jordan
  2. ^ a b "Which Side Podcast - A Vegan Anarchist Social Justice Podcast". Which Side Podcast - A Vegan Anarchist Social Justice Podcast. Archived from the original on July 8, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  3. ^ Fruhwirth, Jesse. "Animal Rights Activist Pays the Price of Grand Jury Resistance". Salt Lake City Weekly. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Jordan Halliday Released! Archived 2010-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, North American Animal Liberation Press Office
  5. ^ "Utah animal activist loses appeal, makes music video about prison". The Salt Lake Tribune. Archived from the original on January 31, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Animal-rights activist pleads guilty to contempt charge". Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
  7. ^ a b July 27, | Posted-; P.m, 2010 at 4:00. "Animal rights activist pleads guilty to contempt in mink case". www.ksl.com. Archived from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ a b "Grand Jury Resister Jordan Halliday Accepts Plea". Civil Liberties Defence Center. Archived from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Activist pleads guilty to contempt in mink case". Archived from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
  10. ^ Call Out for Solidarity with Grand Jury Resistor Jordan Halliday Archived 2012-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Fruhwirth, Jesse. "Animal Rights Activist Pays the Price of Grand Jury Resistance". Salt Lake City Weekly. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  12. ^ Fruhwirth, Jesse. "Grand jury resistance, Midwest and Utah". Salt Lake City Weekly. Archived from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  13. ^ "Jordan Halliday Sentenced to 10 Months in Prison". Archived from the original on November 8, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
  14. ^ a b "Recent Grand Juries". grandjuryresistance.org. Archived from the original on November 22, 2009. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
  15. ^ a b c "Motive company: interview with Jordan Halliday". Archived from the original on April 26, 2012.
  16. ^ a b c "Utah animal activist loses appeal, makes music video about prison". Archived from the original on January 22, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  17. ^ a b "Activist Begins Prison Sentence for Refusing to Name Names and For Quoting Dave Chappelle". www.greenisthenewred.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2012. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  18. ^ a b "It's coming through the air; writings from the inside #1 / Jordan Halliday". Archived from the original on June 13, 2012. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  19. ^ a b ""'Extremist' or Journalist?" — TV Interview". www.greenisthenewred.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  20. ^ a b "JORDAN HALLIDAY RELEASED! - BITE BACK Magazine". Archived from the original on August 6, 2012.
  21. ^ a b "Jordan Halliday Released". www.becausewemust.org. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  22. ^ Grand Jury Resister Jordan Halliday Update on Archived 2010-12-26 at the Wayback Machine, Voice of the Voiceless
  23. ^ why did you go veg? Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, why did you go veg blog, 4th Feb. 2008
  24. ^ Salt Lake Animal Rights Project[permanent dead link], Salt Lake Animal Rights Project.
  25. ^ About The Animal Defense League of Salt Lake City Archived 2009-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, Animal Defense League of Salt Lake City
  26. ^ Activists face grand jury in releases of minks Archived 2010-02-04 at the Wayback Machine, Ben Winslow, Deseret News, February 18th, 2009.
  27. ^ Salt Lake City Grand Jury Archived 2009-11-22 at the Wayback Machine, Grand Jury Resistance Project
  28. ^ Vegan Grand Jury Resister Released Faces New Criminal Charges Archived 2010-12-26 at the Wayback Machine, Peter Daniel Young, Voice of the Voiceless.
  29. ^ "Jordan Halliday Pleads Guilty to Contempt". Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
  30. ^ "Message from Jordan!". Archived from the original on August 6, 2012. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  31. ^ "statement - Support Jordan". Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  32. ^ "Jordan is Free!". July 22, 2012. Archived from the original on February 1, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  33. ^ Grand Jury Resister Faces One Year in Prison Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
  34. ^ Animal Rights Activist Sentenced to 10 months for Resisting a Grand Jury Archived 2010-11-09 at the Wayback Machine
  35. ^ Animal Rights Activist Sentenced To 10 Months In Prison Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
  36. ^ "Animal-rights activist sent to federal prison in mink case". Archived from the original on November 4, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
  37. ^ "Jordan Halliday Sentenced to 10 Months for Resisting Grand Jury". www.greenisthenewred.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
  38. ^ Jordan Halliday Convicted of Violating City Ordinance Archived 2010-10-11 at the Wayback Machine Animal Defense League of Salt Lake City, Dec. 1st, 2009.
  39. ^ https://www.twitter.com/xacrox/status/128937698986696704 Archived 2021-12-09 at the Wayback Machine , Jordan's Twitter account
  40. ^ a b "Jordan Halliday on Post Traumatic Stress After Prison". Archived from the original on May 15, 2021.
  41. ^ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/which-side/id578833282 Archived 2014-09-07 at the Wayback Machine , Which Side Podcast
  42. ^ http://whichsidepodcast.tumblr.com/ Archived 2013-04-23 at the Wayback Machine , Which Side Podcast Tumblr
  43. ^ "Which Side Media Collective". Which Side Media Collective. Archived from the original on August 26, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  44. ^ "Salt Lake Anarchist Black Cross". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  45. ^ "Save the Kids". Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  46. ^ "About AMG : Arissa Media Group". Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  47. ^ "Power Branding". Eventbrite. Archived from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  48. ^ "Graphic Technician (KGRT) | SLCC". www.slcc.edu. Archived from the original on July 11, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  49. ^ "Utah Reintegration Project". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  50. ^ "Grand Jury Resistance talk by GJ Resister Jordan Halliday". Archived from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2020 – via www.youtube.com.
  51. ^ "#dayofempathy". Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via www.facebook.com.
  52. ^ "Resisting Repression From the Inside Out: Former Prisoners Speak Out". September 7, 2014. Archived from the original on July 10, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  53. ^ "WS Lectures: Resisting Repression From the Inside Out | Which Side Podcast". Which Side Podcast - A Vegan Anarchist Social Justice Podcast. Archived from the original on July 12, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  54. ^ "SLCC RSU: Grand Jury Tactics with Jordan Halliday 08-12-2014". Archived from the original on September 3, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020 – via www.youtube.com.
  55. ^ "WS Lectures: Grand Jury Resistance | Which Side Podcast". Which Side Podcast - A Vegan Anarchist Social Justice Podcast. Archived from the original on July 12, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  56. ^ "Pinebee Creative – Find your Brand's Personality: Understanding the Benefits of Branding Archetypes". pinebeecreative.com. Archived from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  57. ^ "Pinebee Creative – What are the different types of image file formats?". pinebeecreative.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  58. ^ "Grand Jury Resistance Zine". Which Side Media Collective. December 2, 2015. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
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