Help Donald Zepeda Out of Jail

Please help Donald Zepeda!!!

The Long Version is below, but here’s a short version of Donald’s story: Donald Zepeda has put his body and his liberty on the line many many times in non-violent acts to save humanity. He is in jail right now in Manatee County Florida as a result of one of those acts against our government’s willful inaction on climate change. He’s already been in jail for 3 weeks, and he's got to sit in jail for 6 more weeks until his court hearing. He needs your support!

In Sept 2021 Donald Zepeda was arrested at the Florida State Capitol in Leon County after a non-violent protest to bring attention to the climate emergency: he poured water-soluble liquids, representing blood and oil, on the steps of the building. For that, he was charged with misdemeanors, but the charges were later upped to felonies using a bogus law enacted to punish anti-racists for pulling down racist monuments.

He went to Florida, alone, on October 13 to resolve the Capitol arrest charges and was sentenced to 7 days in Leon County Jail.

But Donald is still in jail. That’s because Manatee County Florida, issued a warrant against Donald for a probation violation. Donald got arrested at a July 2022 non-violent climate protest at the White House while on probation for non-violently walking across the Manatee County Sunshine Skyway Bridge at an earlier climate protest in October 2021.

On October 26, Donald was transported from Leon County Jail to the Manatee County Jail. In Manatee, he’s waiting for a hearing for the probation violation. That hearing won't happen until December 12. He could get up to a year in jail, but we hope he’s sentenced to time served.

If you're like me, the more experience you have with our justice system, the less confidence you have in it. If you're wondering why we have so many prisoners in this country, now you know.

It’s obscene that Donald will spend upwards of 2 months in jail for non-violent acts against our government’s willful inaction on the climate catastrophe, especially when fossil fuel profiteers roam free. But that’s the world we live in, and the world we all are trying to change.

Donald put his body and his liberty on the line for the rest of us many, many times. Now he needs us. If you can help Donald o paywith a few bucks to help with legal expenses please do. Anything you can spare.... Thank you!!!!