Boston Judge Acquits 13 Pipeline Protesters in Groundbreaking Decision
| Boston Judge Acquits 13 Pipeline Protesters in Groundbreaking Decision23-05-2018 01:13 | |
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"A Boston judge on Tuesday sided with 13 climate activists who were arrested for protesting the West Roxbury Mass Lateral Pipeline. Judge Mary Ann Driscoll of West Roxbury District Court decided it was necessary for the protestors to engage in civil disobedience to block the construction of Spectra Energy's high-pressure fracked gas pipeline and acquitted the activists of civil infractions, according to media reports...." https://www.ecowatch.com/pipeline-protestors-acquitted-boston-2554052139.html And you're gonna love this bit ... "Karenna Gore, the director of Center for Earth Ethics and daughter of former Vice President Al Gore, was one of the 23 people arrested during a 2016 protest of the pipeline." ... and subsequently acquitted. I smell a run at the top job in 2020. Here she is sitting in a trench ... Vice President's Daughter Karenna Gore Arrested in the Trenches of a Climate Protest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKsQ-iLIkOc "Bring us your sick and tired, your educated ..." |
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