35 arrested in Minnesota frac sand mining protests

[limpyhobbler]

April 29, 2013

WINONA, Minn. - Police arrested 35 people for trespassing Monday during a protest of frac sand mining in Winona.

More than 100 people split into two groups and gathered at the city's commercial dock, where frack sand is shipped out on barges, and at a sand processing plant on the city's west end.

Officers asked protesters several times to leave both sites, then began arresting them, the Winona Daily News reported. Police arrested 19 people at the dock and 16 people at the plant, according to the Winona Police Department. All were arrested without incident.

Winona Catholic Workers organized the protest. Protesters say their goal was to halt business operations at each site.

"I think people see that the issue of silica sand is something affecting the entire region," protester Molly Greening said. "They've come to stand in solidarity with this issue."
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[PatrynXX]

1. grew up 10 miles west of here

in Lewiston MN 1987-1991 sad to see Winona go down the tubes but last time I was there it looked like a dump ,

Still that is pure Farmland out there. anything goes wrong it'll hurt the economy more than any arrest...

[busterbrown]

2. I bet we see more and more of these demonstrations in the future..

I also bet very few of these type of demonstrators will ever vote for a republican again..

[midnight]

3. K&R