Posted on 07/30/2015 7:17:53 AM PDT by Inspectorette
Both of Oregon’s US senators back the protesters.
Bridge now being closed. Police presence increased on bridge & police boats gathering below.
Federal judge in Alaska putting heavy fines on protest group.
It seems a clear conspiracy to violate the company’s right to travel.
I would like to see the judge order that their computers and servers be taken into evidence. It is what happens in most conspiracy cases.
I wonder how many million greenpeace might have to pay out on this. The discovery alone, of all emails and files that might have aided in the conspiracy would be very, very interesting.
Greenpeace believes that they are above the law.
$2500 per hour fine starting 1100hrs today, going up to $5000/hr tomorrow, $10,000/hr next day
Saw on tv one protester on bridge in cuffs.
Police boats towing kayaks
Fire fighter rope rescue teams rigging to go down. Don’t know what the plan is there.
Bridge is heavily used during rush hour. I used to cross it every day when I worked in Hillsboro. I don’t think the protesters will get much sympathy from the irate commuters, but it’s Portland, so who knows.
I want to see the emails coordinating the conspiracy.
Send federal marshals to Greenpeace HQ to prevent destruction of evidence.
A warrant should be easy to obtain, as the crime seems to be admitted openly.
Live link, anyone?
It would seem that Vigor industrial, the owner of the dry dock, would have a civil case against Greenpeace.
Greenpeace had damaged their reputation as a reliable place to have repairs done.
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/11/north_americas_largest_drydock_1.html
One protester lowered down and arrested. Another one on the way down. Our dipwad Sen. Merkley siding with the scumbags. Our new governatrix is “closely following the situation “. She has been in talks with governor of Alaska.
Just saw a Clark County Sheriff boat. Glad to know our boys from WA are helping out.
Cruise ship full of Latinos (Cruz ship?) “Senors y Senoras, El Trump pinatas are hanging from the bridge ahead. Bats are being passed out at the pool.”
Some nitwit locked himself to the railroad bridge BEFORE the St. John’s Bridge with a bicycle u-lock around his neck. Portland police did manage to cut the lock and thery are currently arresting him.
They have removed 3 of the 13 protesters hanging from the bridge. If it were up to me, they would be shot, the ropes would be cut, and their dead bodies would fall into the Willamette to be eaten by the fish.
I have NO sympathy for them. ALL environmental protesters should be subject to ‘shoot-on-sight’ orders if they try to interfere with energy search, extraction, or generation operations. I don’t care if a thousand die...we MUST, repeat MUST have energy to run this country.
Looks like removing those three might have created enough of a path for the Shell ship to move through.
Drill baby, drill.
Not sure if the link will work, but I am watching it here:
http://www.kptv.com/story/29674010/ppb-close-st-johns-bridge-in-both-directions?autostart=true
Local authorities should catch grief about not anticipating this protest and thus heading it off. I hope they’re at least guarding the Astoria bridge downriver at the mouth of the Columbia.
How come I am not allowed to make sentences stop where I want?
I was fooled by an overly optimistic headline into reading this thread.
5.56mm
Kayaks are swarming police and CG boats, not enough LE boats to fend them off. This was Phase Two of the protest. LE thought scumbags were standing down when a couple of the bridge hangers came down, but that’s when dozens more kayaks launched into the river.
People are now IN the water. LE trying to get them into boats.
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