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Did Interim DC Police Chief Order Mass Arrests Also Order 2002 Mass Arrests

January 28, 2017 Steven Nelson, www.usnews.com , , ,
By Steven Nelson for U.S. News - The interim police chief in the nation’s capital is declining to address details of a 235-person mass arrest Friday during President Donald Trump's inauguration as it becomes clear that some journalists were booked alongside activists. So far, seven journalists have been identified as being among the 230 adults charged with felony rioting, which carries a maximum 10 years in prison and a large fine. Peter Newsham told U.S. News he could not confirm that he ordered the mass arrest and said that he could not comment on why some journalists were charged while at least four others were allowed to leave a large penned-in group.

NAACP Members Sit-In To Oppose Trump’s Cabinet Nominee

January 4, 2017 German Lopez, www.vox.com , , ,
By German Lopez for Vox - The sit-in was part of the NAACP’s wider protests against Sessions’s nomination. The civil rights organizations said on Tuesday that it plans to protest in five of Sessions’s Alabama offices — in Mobile, Huntsville, Dothan, Birmingham, and Montgomery. And former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, who served in the defense of community activists that Sessions previously prosecuted, sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee asking them to oppose Sessions’s nomination. “As a matter of conscience and conviction, we can neither be mute nor mumble our opposition to Sen. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions becoming attorney general of the United States”

Arrests End NAACP Sit-In At Jeff Sessions’ Office

January 4, 2017 Jay Croft, www.cnn.com , , ,
By Jay Croft for CNN - (CNN) An NAACP sit-in to protest the nomination of US Sen. Jeff Sessions as US attorney general ended late Tuesday when six people were arrested at Sessions' Mobile, Alabama, office. The arrests of five men and one woman included NAACP President Cornell W. Brooks, said Malik Russell, director of communications for the civil rights group. They face charges of criminal trespass in the second-degree, according to Mobile police. The protesters arrived earlier Tuesday and said they would stay until Sessions is no longer the nominee or they were arrested.

2 Arrested After Dangling Alongside #NoDAPL Banner At Vikings Game

January 2, 2017 Eliott C. McLaughlin, www.cnn.com ,
By Eliott C. McLaughlin for CNN - The Minneapolis Police Department identified the climbers as Karl Mayo, 32, and Sen Holiday, 26. "They climbed up a metal guardrail to climb up these big trusses that hold up the roof," said Minneapolis police spokeswoman Sgt. Catherine Michal. Those sitting beneath the dangling protesters were evacuated as negotiators tried to persuade the climbers to return to solid ground, she said. Several fans posted images on social media, saying they noticed the banner in the first half of the game. Eric Biermann of Minneapolis told CNN he saw police gathering on the platform above banner.

About 20 Arrested After Protesters Pack Legislature To Protest GOP ‘Power Grab’

December 17, 2016 Josh Shaffer, www.charlotteobserver.com , , ,
By Josh Shaffer for The Charlotte Observer - Hundreds protested at the state legislature Thursday morning and again Thursday night, accusing the GOP majority of using Hurricane Matthew victims as pawns in a ploy to seize power from Democratic Gov.-elect Roy Cooper. At least 20 people were arrested in the later demonstration, which caused the public galleries to be cleared in both the House and the Senate. A crowd of roughly 300 gathered outside the chamber, cheering as officers led away the arrested protesters who had refused to leave the House gallery. A chant of “All political power belongs to the people” rang out uninterrupted for about 15 minutes.

Donor Pays $2.5 Million To Release Everyone Arrested At Dakota Access Pipeline

November 2, 2016 M. David, www.countercurrentnews.com ,
By M. David for Counter Current - A Caddo Nation tribal leader has just been freed after spending two days behind bars in North Dakota. Family members say she was simply an innocent bystander in a clash between police and protesters, and was not guilty of anything the police claimed. Jessi Mitchell, of local News 9 reports that “family members of Caddo Nation chairwoman Tamara Francis-Fourkiller said an anonymous donor paid $2.5 million late Saturday afternoon to release everyone arrested on Thursday at the Dakota Access Pipeline site.”

21 Arrested During Peaceful Prayer Ceremony At Standing Rock

September 30, 2016 Dan Zukowski, www.ecowatch.com , , ,
By Dan Zukowski for Eco Watch - "We had a really nice ceremony," said a Sicangu Lakota grandmother. "Then we looked and over that way, there were a few police and the next thing we knew there were 40 police all in riot gear." Police moved in as peaceful demonstrators stood with their hands up. The video then shows officers confronting the protestors, grabbing women and ordering everyone into their cars. "I've never had a gun pointed at me," said the grandmother. "I went into shock."

21 More Arrested For Dakota Access Pipeline Protests

September 29, 2016 Staff, www.inforum.com , ,
By Staff of Forum News Service - ST. ANTHONY, N.D. — Twenty-one Dakota Access Pipeline protesters were arrested throughout the day on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at two construction sites near St. Anthony, the Morton County Sheriff's Department said. The protesters were arrested for various crimes ranging from resisting arrest, criminal trespass on private property and possession of stolen property.

7 Anti-Drone Activists Arrested At Beale AFB

July 11, 2016 Staff, www.facebook.com , ,
By Staff of Popular Resistance - As each activist prepared to cross the line, they read aloud to the military nearby parts of the story of the poor taxi driver, Muhammad Azam, who, on May 21, was unknowingly transporting a high level U.S. drone target, Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor. U.S. officials had no qualms about sacrificing the life of this poor taxi driver for a target they were determined to murder. Sadly, both the Taliban leader and Mr. Azam, the taxi driver (sole supporter of his 4 young children, his wife and his disabled brother) were burned beyond recognition by a hellfire missile.

North Carolina Teachers Arrested After 20-Mile March To Governor’s Office

June 27, 2016 Liane Sterling, www.reuters.com , ,
By Liane Sterling for Reuters - Over 100 North Carolina teachers, public school workers, and parents tried to present to Governor Pat McCrory at the end of their 20-mile march to his office on June 14 and 15. After a decade of budget cuts and a general lack of resources, the teachers and parents have had enough. The group, formed by Organize 2020, a NC Public Schools grassroots organization, wanted to address a few points with McCrory. Namely, that he expand Medicaid, spend the budget surplus on students, and repeal HB2.

Protesters Arrested For Blocking Railroad In Call For Oil-by-Rail Moratorium

June 22, 2016 Phil McKenna, www.insideclimatenews.org , , ,
By Phil McKenna for Inside Climate News - Twenty-one activists were arrested in Vancouver, Wash. on Saturday in a protest calling for a permanent moratorium on shipping oil by rail in Oregon and Washington, to protect people and the environment. Approximately 100 protesters took part in the event, blocking trains along the Columbia River gorge. The protest followed the derailment of an oil train in the gorge on June 3 that erupted in flames, spilled 42,000 gallons of crude oil and forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes.

Ferguson Protesters Being Arrested Under Unconstitutional Law

June 2, 2016 Mariah Stewart and Ryan J. Reilly, www.huffingtonpost.com ,
By Mariah Stewart and Ryan J. Reilly for The Huffington Post - ST. LOUIS — Officials in St. Louis County have issued warrants for the arrest of at least 47 individuals charged in connection with the August 2014 protests in Ferguson, Missouri, a Huffington Post review of court records has found. But the law that county officials are using to prosecute those protesters — some of whom were originally arrested while standing on the sidewalk — should have come off the books in 1987, when the Supreme Court struck down a similar ordinance as unconstitutional.

Activists Arrested In Runway Protest Against US Military

May 27, 2016 John Hedges, www.anphoblacht.com , ,
By John Hedges for Anphblacht - THE Galway Alliance Against War has welcomed the “peace action” on Wednesday morning at Shannon Airport in which two peace activists were arrested while waving a Tricolour flag on a runway in protest at the presence of United States military aircraft. The two were named by Galway Alliance Against War as Dave Donnellan and Colm Roddy. Galway Alliance Against War (GAAW) said in a statement that the action in the centenary year of the 1916 Rising “which at its heart was a stand in opposition to imperialist war”.

‘Everyday There’s Resistance’: Peaceful Protesters Arrested

May 23, 2016 Nika Knight, www.commondreams.org , , ,
By Nika Knight for Common Dreams - The Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) pipeline is being constructed by Spectra, a company that was on Friday the subject of a damning DeSmog Blog exposé unveiling deep ties between the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) head Cheryl LaFleur and Spectra executives. "We are stopping the [...] pipeline construction today, to make everyone aware of our environmental and safety concerns about this project, and to show that our voices and opinions matter,” said Tina Volz-Bongar, a local Peekskill resident who took part in the peaceful demonstration, in a statement from the rally's organizers.

300+ Arrests As Pro-Democracy Forces Converge For Final Day

April 19, 2016 Deirdre Fulton, www.commondreams.org , , ,
By Deirdre Fulton for Common Dreams - More than 300 people were arrested Monday as part of Democracy Awakening, marking the final day of a record-setting week of civil disobedience at the U.S. Capitol. Among those taken into custody were approximately 60 organization and movement leaders, including NAACP president and CEO Cornell William Brooks, Public Citizen president Robert Weissman, Greenpeace executive director Annie Leonard, radio commentator Jim Hightower, and Ben & Jerry's co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield.
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