Anti-Fur Protester Endures 9 Days of Jail on Hunger Strike

ORLANDO, FL -- Fur Free Friday protester Avery Osbourne spent nine days in jail on hunger strike after having her head slammed into the wall by police, and then getting arrested. Jailers told No Compromise Avery was charged with "resisting arrest without violence" and a felony charge of "battery". Although we wondered how exactly a person "non-violently batters" someone, the inconsistent charges did not seem to bother the jailers.

Of course, the battery charge is totally bogus and the police added it in an attempt to cover their backside. Police typically add a battery-type charge in an attempt to justify their brutality, or to leverage the arrestee into not taking legal action against the police in exchange for them dropping the charge.

Luckily, other protesters videotaped the police pounding Avery's head into the wall and made the footage available to media at a news conference. Avery was released from jail on the ninth day of her hunger strike after a friend paid her $1,000 bail.