Greenpeace charged in Mount Rushmore demonstration

AP on Yahoo ^ | 7/21/09 | AP

[NormsRevenge]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A federal grand jury has indicted the environmental group Greenpeace and 11 people involved in hanging a banner on Mount Rushmore.

Greenpeace has said three of its members hung the 65-by-35-foot banner calling for a stop to global warming July 8 while others blocked access to the site.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

A demonstration is a legal and peaceful protest.

What they did was criminally trespass on federal property, which is a federal offense.

They should all see hard time for their criminal activity.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I wonder how much the court will award Greenpeace for having its protest disrupted by those evil park officials.

Sarc/

[South40]

Video here

[driftdiver]

The organization should also be charged. It was an officially sanction event for greenpeace. Shut the group down.

[South40]

The organization should also be charged.

It's up to Hussein's justice department to charge them.

I'm not holding my breath.

[mylife]

I am waiting for the hollywood film...

“Dork By Dorkwest”

[IronJack]

Too bad some South Dakota cowboys didn’t “assist in the apprehension” of said protesters, by chasing them down and beating the snot out of them. I understand falls are common in rock climbing, which would go a long way toward explaining the blunt trauma injuries so many of the pantywaists suffered.

[jazusamo]

If Greenpeace can afford to hire a helicopter it would probably be good if each one of them is fined the maximum amount plus restitution.

40K from Greenpeace plus the others will add up to a tidy sum. :)

[driftdiver]

yeah if they won’t charge those black panthers this sure as heck aint happening

could we sue greenpeace for damaging the monument?

[mylife]

Note: They didnt pull this stunt during the Sturgis Rally L0L

[Recovering Hermit]

Global Warming?

[South40]

could we sue greenpeace for damaging the monument?

I'd imagine their stench will eventually wash off so I'm not sure what damage they've done.

[musicman]

[divine_moment_of_facts]

Where did they get the money to pay for their banner? Stimulus money?

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Looks like the leftists at Greenpeace are going to have to come up with a lot of “greenbacks”. Serves these leftist bastards right.

Check back at some of the marxists that they have hired over the years and you will puke.

[Eddie01]

They elevated their status in the “group”.

This is a good thing for them. Like when Henry Hill got pinched and kept his mouth shut.

[freedumb2003]

How dare these ill-informed arrogant children deface MY monument! As an American, I object to someone attacking MY resources. We all own it — when you deface it you deface all of America and attack all Americans.

I wish someone would have kicked their @sses.

I hope they get the book thrown at them.

PS: If you guys are going to protest global warming, you need to protest at the single source of it: the sun.

[South40]

I hope they get the book thrown at them.

That's contingent upon the Obama Justice Department filing charges and prosecuting them which I doubt it will do.

[Gator113]

LMAO......

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam Me to Planet Gore !

[peeps36]

That banner is about ten years too late. It should have demanded an end to global cooling. Only the moonbat warmers think they can predict what mother nature has in store for us one hundred years from now.

[Trillian]

I sure hope so.

I love visiting MR with my family. I hope it was worth it to go to jail over a damn hoax.