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GEORGIA IN BRIEF: 7 protesters arrested near Yerkes
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
4/26/1998

Animal rights protesters, led by an AIDS activist from San Francisco, blocked traffic Saturday afternoon during a march from Emory University's gates to the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center where police eventually arrested seven demonstrators.

The biannual demonstration against animal research drew nearly 100 protesters from In Defense of Animals. It also included former Black Panther Bobby Seale, six members of ACT-UP San Francisco and two masked men who said they were associated with the more radical Animal Liberation Front, a group that on its Web site advocates bombing fur farms.

San Francisco AIDS activist Michael Bellefountaine, who said he wants research grant money redirected to AIDS victims, led a band of demonstrators who sat down and blocked traffic on Clifton Road at the heart of Emory's campus, then marched to Yerkes' gate, where they were met by DeKalb police in riot gear. Five demonstrators were arrested after they crossed police lines, and two others subsequently were arrested.