Posted on 06/10/2019 6:50:02 AM PDT by simpson96
SALT LAKE CITY — Seconds after the Utah Inland Port Authority's meeting began Wednesday, chaos erupted.
Protesters with the group Civil Riot swarmed the port board meeting — many wearing surgical face masks marked with an "X" — ran to the front of the committee room at the Utah State Capitol, some locking arms as nearly a dozen Utah Highway Patrol troopers jumped into action to escort them out for violating rules of decorum.
"We are here to stop the port," one female protester shouted. "Your meeting failed because it will destroy our communities. This is not OK."
Nearly a dozen troopers, who were standing at the ready even before the meeting started, began forcibly removing those who resisted. Derek Miller, the port authority's board chairman, told board members to exit the room through a back door.
"Look, we're not going anywhere, OK?" a lead protester, Ethan Petersen, shouted from the back of the room, where he was handcuffed to a door handle. "We're not going anywhere. This meeting's done."
Petersen continued shouting as several troopers began forcing him out of the room.
"This project is environmentally destructive," Petersen yelled. "It will exacerbate climate change. This is destruction of the planet. we're not going to allow it anymore. You don't represent us."
Troopers told Petersen to "stop" as they wrestled him in the hallway, where he laid down on his back. Troopers eventually arrested him, placing him in handcuffs before carrying him to an elevator.
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st George aint 20 miles
Looks like they don’t understand “port”.
The corridor is approximately twenty miles wide either side of I-15 from South border to North border. So if I-15 is the center point a twenty mile wide corridor would be ten miles on either side of I-15. All approximate as around Ogden you might run into lake water to the west within ten miles and the same in Utah Valley. The idea is the majority of the Utah population is within the corridor. You could probably add a short bit of I-80 from Coalville to Grantsville.
Okay makes sense. I livd in so. Ogden & worked at hill
busy area, I used to stop at Hill during travels, but that area of Ogden got so busy that it just wasn’t worth the time. I’m retired AF.
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