Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Tar Sands Tyranny


TransCanada Caught Training Police to Treat Peaceful Protestors as “Terrorists” - via Tar Sands Blockade

In the midst of recent national controversy surrounding government surveillance of the public, a recent Freedom of Information Act request to the Nebraska State Patrol has exposed evidence that TransCanada provided trainings to federal agents and local Nebraska police to suppress nonviolent activists protesting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline by arresting them on “anti-terrorism statutes.” The presentation slides, obtained by grassroots landowner advocacy group Bold Nebraska, target Tar Sands Blockade activists by name.

Get the full story here: http://www.tarsandsblockade.org/transcanadapolice/

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