Five Arrested by Canadian Compan, US Tar Sands, on Indigenous Land

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Thu, 09/25/2014 - 10:00am to 10:15am
Interview with Jessica Lee & Jill, Tar Sands resistance in Utah

Laws are only for people who can't afford lawyers...

.I'm just going to keep sdaying it until the gates of Hell blow off.
True! Corporate interests can have their way with the road you walk, especially if it leads to direcr action.  In Utah Tar Sands Resisters were arrested yesterday morning.  

 
BREAKING: Five Land defenders were arrested yesterday morning at the construction site of US Oil Sands’ tar sands 

BREAKING: Five Land Defenders Arrested at Utah Tar Sands Protest
by Earth First! Journal — Cascadia Office
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from Utah Tar Sands Resistance
 
BREAKING: Five Land defenders were arrested yesterday morning at the construction site of US Oil Sands’ tar sands strip-mine in Utah. The Canadian company’s 32,000 acre lease-holding are on state-managed land in the Book Cliffs, on the East Tavaputs Plateau, though the land is traditional Ute land, and lays within Indian country, with sections of the tar sands project straddling the boundary of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation.
 
Currently, the land defenders (including the media team) are being held on Class A Trespassing charges, with a total bail estimated at $10,500.
 
One of those arrested is a trans woman, and at this time we are unsure if she is being held in solitary, or if she is being housed with the male population. Neither situation is acceptable, we are extremely concerned about the dangers she may be facing.
 
We will provide updates and media here as they become available.

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