The Campaign
Regular demonstrations took place on the roadside near the farm. The campaign published the contact details of anyone connected to the farm, from the owners and their family to the businesses that traded with them, and the local public houses that the Hall family frequented. Campaigners were urged to contact anyone associated with the farm, however loosely, and pressure them to end the relationship, a tactic known as secondary and tertiary targeting.
The targets found themselves on the receiving end of thousands of telephone calls, emails and letters, they have receive profanity and name calling in their letters, emails and phone calls. The targets found unsolicited junk-mail, spam mail, false allegations of rape. The targets have had their garbage cans getting knocked over by vandals. The targets have also received, hoax arson threats, arson threats, hoax bombs, bomb threats, and death threats. Fireworks were let off by the house in the middle of the night, and graffiti was sprayed on their property and around the village. The targets have also became targets of funeral protesting. Police logged over 450 separate criminal acts over a two-year period.
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