Hundreds arrested at White House Keystone protest -- POLITICO Pro - By TALIA BUFORD - 3/2/14 6:48 PM EST Read more: politico/story/2014/03/keystone-xl-white-house-protest-104153.html#ixzz2uxXixcB4 More than 300 anti-Keystone XL protesters were arrested Sunday afternoon outside the White House in the latest push by environmentalists to convince the Obama administration to reject the Canadian oil pipeline. The student-led protest, organized by XL Dissent, started with a rally at Georgetown University. The students marched from there to the White House — with a stop at Secretary of State John Kerry’s house along the way. Students from 80 colleges participated in Sunday’s event, and another protest will be held on Monday in San Francisco, said Aly Johnson-Kurts, a freshman at Smith College and one of the organizers of the event. “The youth really understand the traditional methods of creating change are not sufficient … so we needed to escalate,” said Johnson, shortly before she was arrested at the White House. An organizer estimated the crowd at about 1,200 people. U.S. Park Police could not immediately provide a count of those arrested Sunday afternoon. Organizers held civil disobedience training on Saturday to ensure that the demonstration went peacefully. The crowd marched down H Street, holding banners and chanting songs. Some wore painter’s scrubs with black paint on them — “hazmat suits” with oil — while others held signs with slogans like “Keystone XL: pipeline to hell” and “Keep your oil out of my soil.” A tide of energy undulated through the crowd as speaker after speaker got up to encourage them to risk arrest. ... politico/story/2014/03/keystone-xl-white-house-protest-104153.html#ixzz2uxXcixP2
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 04:06:47 +0000
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