Editing Earth First! (section)

=== Judi Bari car bombing ===
In 1990, a [[bomb]] exploded in the car of Earth First activist [[Judi Bari]], injuring Bari and fellow activist [[Darryl Cherney]]. Bari and Cherney were arrested due to suspicions by the police and [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] that they had been transporting a bomb that had accidentally exploded.<ref name="SFGate">{{cite web|title=Earth First activists win case / FBI, cops must pay $4.4 million for actions after car bombing|url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Earth-First-activists-win-case-FBI-cops-must-2829885.php|work=SFGate|date=11 June 2002}}</ref> Bari contended that extremists opposed to her pro-environmental actions had placed the bomb in her car in order to kill her. The case against them was eventually dropped due to lack of evidence.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Guthmann
| first = Edward
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| date = February 1, 2005
| url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/02/01/DDG3HB2CFV1.DTL
| access-date = January 8, 2009
| work=The San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref>

Bari died of cancer in 1997, but her federal lawsuit against the FBI and [[Oakland, California]] police resulted in a 2002 jury verdict awarding her estate and Darryl Cherney a total of $4.4 million.<ref name="lawcom">{{cite web| url=https://www.democracynow.org/2002/6/12/justice_delayed_but_not_denied_renowned |title=Justice Delayed But Not Denied: Renowned Environmental Leaders Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney Win a Multi-Million Dollar Verdict in Civil Rights Suit Against the FBI|website=[[Democracy Now!]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=March 25, 2012|title='Who Bombed Judi Bari?' documentary seeks an answer|work=The Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2012-mar-25-la-ca-earth-first-doc-20120325-story.html}}</ref>

A documentary movie about the court case, entitled ''The Forest for the Trees'', was released in 2006. It was directed by Bernadine Mellis, whose father is one of the lawyers featured in the documentary. The documentary ''[[Who Bombed Judi Bari|Who Bombed Judi Bari?]]'', directed by Mary Liz Thomson, was released in 2012. The filmmakers are offering a $50,000 reward for information leading the arrest of the bomber.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.democracynow.org/2012/3/27/judi_bari_revisited_new_film_exposes| title=Judi Bari Revisited: New Film Exposes FBI Coverup of 1990 Car Bombing of California Environmentalist| publisher=Democracy Now!| date=March 27, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2012-dec-06-la-et-mn-who-bombed-judi-barr-capsule-20121207-story.html| author=Sheri Linden| title=Review: 'Who Bombed Judi Bari?' wants to know| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=December 6, 2012}}</ref>

On March 21, 2011, a U.S. federal judge in California ordered the FBI to preserve evidence related to the car bombing. The FBI was planning to destroy all evidence in the case.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2011/3/22/headlines#16|title=Headlines for March 22, 2011|work=Democracy Now!}}</ref> The bombing remains unsolved.<ref name="lawcom" />