Four protesters arrested at Enbridge pipeline construction site charged with felony
(they'll be needing defense funds and different types of support. The Government and powers that be use felony charges to break down groups financially, and emotionally so they can't go on. )
http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2013/07/four_protesters_arrested_at_en.html
STOCKBRIDGE, MI – Four people arrested Monday at the site of a pipeline protest northwest of Stockbridge have been charged with a felony.
Vickie Rose Hamlin, 59, of Michigan City; Lisa Michelle Leggio, 35, of Holland; Barbara Ellen Carter, 22, of Detroit; and William Michael Lawrence, 22, of East Lansing are charged with resisting or obstructing police, a felony, and trespassing, a misdemeanor, according to a statement from the Ingham County Sheriff’s Office.
Seven others were arrested, charged with trespassing and released on bond. Their names have not been released because they were yet to be arraigned.
Carter, Lawrence and Hamlin were given $2,500 bonds. Leggio, who has a felony history, has a $5,000 bond, according to the sheriff’s office statement.
There were 20 to 30 demonstrators gathered early Monday, July 22, at the site of an Enbridge gas pipeline construction project in the area of Grimes Road and Dexter Trail roads, the sheriff’s office reported.
The individuals are part of the Michigan Coalition Against Tar Sands and were working to halt the efforts of Enbridge, which is replacing and increasing the capacity of its crude oil and petroleum pipeline through 10 Michigan counties.
“Enbridge itself has consistently demonstrated that their sole priority is their own bottom line, not the health and safety of the people of Michigan, our ecosystem and even their own workers,” the group said in a statement.
By trespassing on the construction site and “illegally gaining access to the equipment,” the protesters put their own safety and the safety of emergency responders and pipeline workers at risk, according to an emailed statement from an Enbridge representative.
