[Imc] Tree Sitting story from AP (fwd)

[Molly Stentz]

Hi everyone,

Free Speech Radio News wants to run a headline on this story for Monday's
show. I've talked to Randi Z and told her we'd get something to her if we
could.

Does anyone know anyone in Bloomington? I have a few leads but haven't
gotten ahold of anyone yet. This is only a headline, with possibility of a
feature (3-4m) so I can't spend a ton of time on it but I'm going to give
it a shot..

Could anyone drive out to Bloomington this weekend to find out what is
going on and get some audio? Anyone else interested in working on this?
Please let me know! Hot news!  We could run it on the News hour too!

Pls email me any contacts you have in Bloomington who might know what's
going on.

-Molly


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On Fri, 6 Jul 2001 peterm at shout.net wrote:

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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 13:42:51 -0500
> From: Sandra Ahten <spiritofsandra at hotmail.com>
> To: Imc at urbana.indymedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Imc] Tree Sitting story from AP
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> Tree Sitting story from APhey Group
> Am I missing this?  Have we been asked by a natl sydication to cover this story? Is anybody on it?
> Who is Randi Zimmerman?
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> Sandra Ahten
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Randi Zimmerman
>   To: 'imc at lists.groogroo.com'
>   Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 12:57 PM
>   Subject: [Imc] Tree Sitting story from AP
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>   Here's the AP version.  Thanks for whatever you can do.
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>   Randi Zimmerman
>   Headlines Editor
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>   AP  v0849 ra 1nt-- Tree Sitters                            07-06 11:30a
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>     Police move in on tree sitters
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>        (Bloomington, Indiana-AP) -- Police in Indiana are uprooting
>   some tree-sitting activists.
>        Police are forcibly removing the activists, who have been
>   demonstrating for more than three months to block a new housing
>   development in Bloomington.
>        Authorities say they've arrested at least three people on
>   charges of trespassing and resisting arrest.
>        They say about four protesters planted themselves in trees at
>   the site, and at least 30 others are on a road outside the area.
>        Environmentalists have maintained a vigil since March 22nd, when
>   one activist began a sit-in.
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>