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‘I’m not the guilty one’: the water protector facing jail time for trying to stop a pipeline (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is really hard to read. The degree of criminalization, the coordination in intimidating activists... it's bad, man.

It seems like Minnesota arrested almost the same number of nonviolent protesters against a pipeline in a few days as the DOJ has arrested for storming the capital on Jan 6. The sense of misguided priorities is really alarming.

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

America is a fascist oil empire and must be destroyed. It's the only way to stop big oil

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Hey, us average people are suffering under the large corporations and corrupt government. If we're destroying any part of America, let it just be the greedy rich capitalists and the government. Spare us average people.

[–] ButtDrugs@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I have a lot of questions about a private Canadian oil company paying Minnesotan Law Enforcement millions of dollars.

[–] Tomassci@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

One serves interests of big businesses. The other doesn't.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Land of the free, my ass! You're only as free as the politicians and cops you can afford to buy 🤬

[–] Lininop@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know and what is even more ridiculous than what I am doing now is to be honest with you and I will be there for you and I will be in your prayers.

[–] BrightFlame@wandering.shop 2 points 1 year ago

@silence7 reminds me of the final speech in the film I just saw: How To Blow Up a Pipeline.

Kudos to the filmmakers for messaging throughout the film that these activists are not terrorists and are trying to *stop* the massive harm of fossil extraction. The main characters live near refineries, frack sites, and pipelines that are killing people. Lifts the reality that our most marginalized kin are the ones living with the most (human-made) toxic environments.