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Authorities have recorded more than 370 incidents, including 120 violation notices, in the past week as people flock to the Santa Fe National Forest for the Rainbow Family of Living Light's annual gathering.
The U.S. Forest Service systematically harasses people who attend Rainbow Family gatherings on public lands, the Wyoming chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union contends in a report.
The U.S. Forest Service should consider banning the Rainbow Family from Forest Service land after a confrontation last week led to the arrest of at least eight people, a top agency official said Monday.
The American Civil Liberties Union said Saturday that it plans to investigate the actions of federal law enforcers who arrested five Rainbow Family members in western Wyoming during their annual gathering.
They are a mysterious, almost mythical group, the Rainbow Family of Living Light, gathering again this summer to party and pray for peace, many appearing wild and unwashed, barefoot and bearded, secretive and standoffish.
Two men who took fruit and vegetables out of a garbage can have been sentenced to six months in jail.
A founding member of a hippie movement called the Rainbow Family suggested Saturday that it launch a federal lawsuit against a growing crackdown on their annual gatherings.
Follow-up: Men Jailed for Stealing from Garbage Released SuddenlyTwo Rainbow Family members who were sentenced to six months in jail for plucking discarded fruit and vegetables from the trash were abruptly released Wednesday evening after prosecutors said their vigorous prosecution was based on faulty information at the time of the arrest.
Store Owner Says Garbage-Picking Sentences Too HarshAn owner of a produce store says six months in jail is too much for two Rainbow Family members who plucked discarded fruit and vegetables from the trash this summer.
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