Tar-sands protestors get longer jail sentences than expected | Grist
Why did they do this? One of the police officers told one of the action’s lead organizers that the decision to do this was made “at a much higher level than mine.” Four separate police officers told organizers that it was explicitly to discourage other people from taking part in actions going forward. Personally, I believe this had the hand of the Obama administration all over it. They want this action to fail so as to relieve the rapidly building pressure on them to do the right thing and deny the Keystone XL permit.
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I hope and pray, and expect, that our movement will rise to this occasion the way we did in West Virginia two months ago. Let's fill the D.C. jails to stop the Keystone XL pipeline and defend our right to a liveable and just future!
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