Four Arrested After Attempting To Shut Down Enbridge Pipeline
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) — Activists from the Catholic Worker movement say four protesters have been arrested in an attempt to shut down an Enbridge oil pipeline in north-central Minnesota. Spokeswoman Diane Leutgeb Monson says the four broke into an area containing shut-off valves for three Enbridge pipelines around noon on Monday, February 4th, then called to warn the company of their plans to turn off the Line 4 pipeline. Monson says Enbridge itself shut the line down remotely.
She says Itasca County sheriff’s deputies arrested the four around 1:30 p.m.
Sheriff Officials could not be reached to further comment on the arrests..
Enbridge spokeswoman, Juli Kellner, says the protesters put people and the environment at risk.
A judge in September dismissed charges against three other activists who tried to shut down two Enbridge pipelines in northwestern Minnesota.
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Lock them up and throw away the key–they are eco-terrorists and need to be treated as the evil vermin they are.
Prosecute these criminals this time. The September dismissed charges against those that broke the law and destroyed property only made these criminals think they can get away with breaking the law.