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Protesters arrested after occupying Interior Dept. lobby
AP via msn ^
 | 14 October 2021
 | MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press
Posted on 10/15/2021 3:32:43 AM PDT by blueplum
WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters held a sit-in Thursday at the Interior Department building in downtown Washington and clashed with police as they challenged fossil fuel projects and called for the declaration of a climate emergency. Multiple arrests were reported. 
An Interior Department spokeswoman said a group of protesters rushed the lobby, injuring at least one security officer who was taken to a nearby hospital. Police and protesters clashed outside the building, and officers used Tasers against several unarmed protesters,...
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: doublestandards; interiordept; occupy; protestors
    will they be held in DC Jail for 10 months pending trail as revolutionaries like the Jan 6 folks? asking for a friend
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posted on 
10/15/2021 3:32:43 AM PDT
by 
blueplum
 
To: blueplum
    Now that must be an insurrection
 
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posted on 
10/15/2021 3:33:52 AM PDT
by 
griswold3
(When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos)
 
To: blueplum
    If 80 million did the same would we be talking about this? strength in numbers holds true
 
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posted on 
10/15/2021 3:34:10 AM PDT
by 
ronnie raygun
(Tell them what they want to hear with sincerity and do what is necessary )
 
To: griswold3
     Now that must be an insurrectionNot a chance. Many of them probably have pigment protection. Others have ideology protection.
 
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posted on 
10/15/2021 3:40:26 AM PDT
by 
Mark17
(USAF ATCer, Retired. Father of USAF pilot.  ATCers & pilots, the quintessential elements of aviation)
 
Comment #5 Removed by Moderator
To: blueplum
    Washington Post reports police attacked with injuries resulting. Yes, will the 50 arrested be charged and held as treasonous domestic terrorist? They crossed police barricades and broke into the building. All their actions sound similar to 1/6/21 protesters.....
 https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/10/14/climate-activists-indigenous-interior-department/
 
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posted on 
10/15/2021 3:45:34 AM PDT
by 
Lockbox
(politicians, they  all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
 
To: blueplum
    INSURRECTIONISTS!!! /s They will be offered JOBS at the department!
 
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posted on 
10/15/2021 3:46:03 AM PDT
by 
Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
 
To: ronnie raygun
    This country would build enough prisons to hold 80 million of us.
 
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posted on 
10/15/2021 3:47:34 AM PDT
by 
Husker24
(Pp)
 
To: blueplum
    If it’s for climate change or any other left wing BS, it’s a protest….
If they were calling out election fraud, it would be a riot
 
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posted on 
10/15/2021 4:00:28 AM PDT
by 
wny
( )
 
To: blueplum
    The insurrection of 13 October 2021 is a day that will live in infamy.
 
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posted on 
10/15/2021 4:12:36 AM PDT
by 
maddog55
(The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
 
To: maddog55
    Bet there won’t be an Ashley Babbitt murder with the officer heralded as a hero.
 
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posted on 
10/15/2021 4:18:23 AM PDT
by 
healy61
 
To: maddog55
    Bet there won’t be an Ashley Babbitt murder with the officer heralded as a hero.
 
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posted on 
10/15/2021 4:19:01 AM PDT
by 
healy61
 
To: blueplum
    Door clicking locked. Now youse can’t leave.
 
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posted on 
10/15/2021 4:56:04 AM PDT
by 
cromagnon
( posting, posting, 1 2 3, posting)
 
To: blueplum
    They’re called “protesters” and there is no live TV coverage. Obviously they are on the left!
There will be no solitary time for any of them! In fact, they will get cabinet positions.
 
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posted on 
10/15/2021 5:38:19 AM PDT
by 
I want the USA back
(Buy a Let's Go Brandon! sticker. Show your disdain for the maniac in the White House. I did.)
 
To: blueplum
    Catch and release
Record probably expunged, if ever created
 
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posted on 
10/15/2021 5:49:22 AM PDT
by 
Cboldt
 
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