"Sonoma County prosecutors on Thursday highlighted animal activist Zoe Rosenberg's history of protests and controversial tactics to counter her assertion that she played only a minor role in a series of Petaluma Poultry incursions that ended with her taking four chickens June 13, 2023. Prosecutors began questioning her Friday and continued into Monday before proceedings ended early Tuesday when Rosenberg became ill."
"Deputy District Attorney Matt Hobson pressed Rosenberg on Thursday to show jurors that the June 13 incident fit a pattern of activism she had long championed. You want open rescue to be something that happens everywhere? Hobson asked. Yes, Rosenberg replied. She testified that the events of that day coincided with her birthday and an annual conference for her organization, Direct Action Everywhere, or DxE."
"Jurors also watched a 2018 video of Rosenberg giving a speech about DxE's 40-year plan to liberate animals and end slaughterhouses. Prosecutors presented evidence of her past demonstrations, including videos of her interrupting professional sporting events to protest animal cruelty. Among them was footage from December 2022, when Rosenberg chained herself to the base of a basketball hoop during an NBA playoff game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Minnesota Timberwolves. She was arrested afterward."
Sonoma County prosecutors emphasized Zoe Rosenberg's history of high-profile animal activism while questioning her role in Petaluma Poultry incursions that culminated in her taking four chickens on June 13, 2023. Rosenberg has gastroparesis and uses an intestinal feeding tube and said she was hospitalized before pretrial motions. She did not deny taking the birds but said she became involved after co-defendant Raven Deerbrook launched an investigation that spring. Rosenberg testified the actions coincided with her birthday and a Direct Action Everywhere conference and that she disguised herself as a worker with a fake badge and earpiece. Prosecutors showed videos and photos of prior protests, including sporting-event disruptions and a Safeway stunt.
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