12 arrested in San Francisco in Dakota Access Pipeline protest
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Source: San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco police arrested a dozen people Monday who were protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline at Citibank headquarters in the city, officials said.
Demonstrators filled the street outside the building at 1 Sansome St. and filed into the lobby just before 9 a.m. carrying signs that read, Water is Life and Citi Dont Fund Dakota Access.
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The protestors locked themselves to one another to prevent access to the elevators in the building, said Laurel Sutherlin, a 39-year-old San Francisco resident who joined the protest.
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The protest, organized by Diablo Rising Tide, demanded that Citibank halt financing of the $3.8 billion crude oil pipeline project that is expected to span 1,168 miles.
Today was really about pulling the veil back and exposing [Citibanks] association with this bigger controversy, Sutherlin said. Citibank still has the opportunity to pull out.
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Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/12-arrested-in-San-Francisco-in-Dakota-Access-10425925.php
elmac
(4,642 posts)Hit 'Em Where They Ain't
ciaobaby
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(3,847 posts)We are running out of water, in a 500 year drought, earth temperatures are rising and other countries are pulling eminent domain in OUR fucking country, but this will have to go on past X-mas so maybe, just maybe the media may start reporting on this.