Progressive Activism in 2019 with Jake Burdett. Jake is a Salisbury University Poly Sci Student, and progressive activist on many fronts including cannabis. Burdett was charged with two felony counts of making an illegal recording and distributing the video filmed during a Maryland Marijuana Justice rally at Maryland Rep. Andy Harris’s Salisbury office. Marijuana legalization protesters have long tangled with Harris, who in 2014 worked to block full legalization of the drug in the District of Columbia.