Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein says she’s working with North Dakota authorities to arrange a court date on charges related to her participation in a protest against the Dakota Access pipeline.
Stein has acknowledged spray-painting construction equipment Tuesday in North Dakota. Stein and running mate Ajamu Baraka were charged Wednesday with misdemeanor counts of criminal trespass and criminal mischief, and authorities issued arrest warrants.
Stein defended her actions to the Chicago Tribune (http://trib.in/2cfvzAg ) Thursday during a campaign stop in Chicago. She said it would have been “inappropriate for me not to have done my small part” to support the Standing Rock Sioux.
The tribe says the pipeline threatens sacred sites and drinking water.
The $3.8 billion pipeline is to carry oil from western North Dakota to Illinois.
In her defense, she thought her plane was taking her to South Dakota.
When you commit an act of civil disobedience, the part where you answer for the charges is the part that make you righteous. Jill is not a credible candidate.
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I’d agree that Stein isn’t a credible candidate for a number of reasons, but you seem to have missed the point of the article.
Actually the tribes say the pipeline company have already destroyed several miles of sacred sites and burial grounds in an attempt to make it a fait accompli before any injunctions can come down.
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/dakota-pipeline-destroy-native-sites/
No. She finally is answering the charges. Previously she had scoffed at them.
But thanks for the walk-through. I don’t think I have been exposed to such a refreshingly pedantic exchange since the days of ALT.STAR-TREK-THE-REAL-FANS-MEET-HERE-NOT-THOSE-PUSSIES-WHO-ONLY-WATCH-BUT-THE-ONES-WHO-WATCH-WITH-KLINGON-SUB-TITLES