[Imc-web-editor] Re: [Imc-web] Fwd: [Imc-us-editorial] Fwd:
PROPOSAL FOR FEATURE ARTICLE: ANTI-I69 TREE SIT EVICTED, POLIC
Danielle Chynoweth
chyn at ojctech.com
Sat Jun 21 22:11:08 CDT 2008
Promoted it. UCIMC has followed the tree sit stories in the past and it is
of regional interest.
Danielle
On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Brian Dolinar <briandolinar at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Can we promote the I69 article as a feature at ucimc.org?
> so it is syndicated to us-imc?
> I think we're the closest IMC to Evansville.
> Some folks below want to know.
>
> BD
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Echograph <echograph at echograph.com>
> Date: Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 5:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [Imc-us-editorial] Fwd: PROPOSAL FOR FEATURE ARTICLE: ANTI-I69
> TREE SIT EVICTED, POLIC
> To: Editorial Working Group for IMC-US <
> imc-us-editorial at lists.indymedia.org>
>
>
> Do you have anyone there at the scene that can post media to an IMC site so
> it gets syndicated to US-IMC?
>
>
> On Friday, June 20, 2008, at 12:11 PM, Brian Dolinar wrote:
>
> Very important - please feature. BD
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Amy L. Dalton <ald at riseup.net> wrote:
>>
>> this was sent to the imc-us list.
>>
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>>
>> Subject: PROPOSAL FOR FEATURE ARTICLE: ANTI-I69 TREE SIT EVICTED, POLICE
>> RECKLESSLY PULL PROTESTERS FROM TREE TOPS
>> From: Campaign Media <i69media at yahoo.com>
>> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:51:59 -0700 (PDT)
>> To: imc-us at lists.indymedia.org
>>
>> header:
>> INDIANA, UNITED STATES- ANTI I-69 TREE SIT
>>
>> title:
>> ANTI-I69 TREE SIT EVICTED, POLICE RECKLESSLY PULL PROTESTERS FROM TREE
>> TOPS
>>
>> abstract:
>> June 20th 7am, Evansville Indiana -- In the early morning hours of June
>> 20th,
>> around 25 police officers from the Indiana State Police (ISP), Indiana
>> Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) and the Gibson County Sheriff's
>> office descended on the scene of the anti-I69 tree sit, just south of
>> State Road 68 in southern Gibson County (20 miles north of Evansville).
>> They worked quickly to forcibly and recklessly evict the two tree
>> sitters from the trees. After reaching the ground they were arrested,
>> having their faces smeared in poison ivy in the process. The whereabouts
>> of the ground support crew is still unknown. Visit
>> http://stopi69.wordpress.com for more information
>>
>> Body:
>> June 20th 7am, Evansville Indiana -- In the early morning hours of June
>> 20th,
>> around 25 police officers from the Indiana State Police (ISP), Indiana
>> Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) and the Gibson County Sheriff's
>> office descended on the scene of the anti-I69 tree sit, just south of
>> State Road 68 in southern Gibson County (20 miles north of Evansville).
>> The police officers, many of them trained specifically for this
>> purpose, brought in "cherry pickers" and other platform raising
>> equipment in order to reach the sitters. The two people in the trees at
>> the time of eviction were lowered to the ground, after being forcefully
>> and dangerously approached by Conservation Officers of the IDNR.
>>
>> Sitting
>> on platforms suspended 40 feet above the ground, the tree-sitters were
>> not in positions from which they could be easily and safely removed.
>> Arresting officers' reckless behaviors, however, resulted in
>> protesters' quick eviction. One protester was not attached to a
>> safety line during the eviction, but was still hostilely handled by
>> the Conservation Officers. As they reached her with the cherry picker,
>> they pulled her unattached to anything that would have prevented her
>> tumbling to the ground, putting her life in great danger.
>>
>> After
>> evicting the first sitter, officers moved on to the second. They raised
>> the cherry picker below the platform to threaten the sitter, and then
>> lifted the platform with the cherry picker. They proceeded to cut the
>> support line that was holding it in the tree. This protester had locked
>> himself onto the ropes using a "lock box" device intended to help him
>> evade eviction. The officers cut that rope, leaving this protester also
>> without any form of safety.
>>
>> After the tree-sitters were forcibly removed from their tree top
>> positions, they were lowered,
>> cuffed and placed on the ground below the trees. From a telephone
>> recording made during the eviction, it is clear that the arresting
>> officers purposefully laid one of the protesters face down into a patch
>> of poison ivy.
>>
>> People not involved in the tree-sit eviction this
>> morning have reported to the media office that state police officers
>> are pulling people over on the state highways in the vicinity of the
>> sit. One person reports that they were surrounded by 5 police vehicles
>> when stopped. As well, it has been reported that one car had its tires
>> blown out by the state police in order for them to arrest all of the
>> occupants of that vehicle.
>>
>> The
>> information in this press release was compiled by the I-69 Media
>> Office, an independent anti-I69 media clearinghouse.
>>
>> links:
>> http://stopi69.wordpress.com
>>
>> picture links:
>> http://stashbox.org/119436/i69SiteThreeBanners.jpg
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> <html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;}
>> --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new
>> york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span style="font-weight:
>> bold;">header:</span><br>INDIANA, UNITED STATES- ANTI I-69 TREE
>> SIT<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">title:</span><br>ANTI-I69
>> TREE SIT EVICTED, POLICE RECKLESSLY PULL PROTESTERS FROM TREE
>> TOPS<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">abstract:</span><br><span
>> style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;"
>> class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1213968115_3">June 20th 7am</span>, Evansville
>> Indiana -- In the early morning hours of <span style="border-bottom: 1px
>> dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts"
>> id="lw_1213968115_4">June 20th</span>,
>> around 25 police officers from the Indiana State Police (ISP), Indiana
>> Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) and the Gibson County Sheriff's
>> office descended on the scene of the anti-I69 tree sit, just south of
>> State Road 68 in southern Gibson County (20 miles north of Evansville).
>> They worked quickly to forcibly and recklessly evict the two tree
>> sitters from the trees. After reaching the ground they were arrested,
>> having their faces smeared in poison ivy in the process. The whereabouts
>> of the ground support crew is still unknown. Visit
>> http://stopi69.wordpress.com for more information<br><br><span
>> style="font-weight: bold;">Body:</span><br><span style="border-bottom:
>> 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts"
>> id="lw_1213968115_3">June 20th 7am</span>, Evansville Indiana -- In the
>> early morning hours of <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0,
>> 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts"
>> id="lw_1213968115_4">June 20th</span>,
>> around 25 police officers from the Indiana State Police (ISP), Indiana
>> Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) and the Gibson County Sheriff's
>> office descended on the scene of the anti-I69 tree sit, just south of
>> State Road 68 in southern Gibson County (20 miles north of Evansville).
>> The police officers, many of them trained specifically for this
>> purpose, brought in "cherry pickers" and other platform raising
>> equipment in order to reach the sitters. The two people in the trees at
>> the time of eviction were lowered to the ground, after being forcefully
>> and dangerously approached by Conservation Officers of the <span
>> style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background:
>> transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; cursor: pointer;
>> -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin:
>> -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"
>> class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1213968115_5">IDNR</span>.<br><br>Sitting
>> on platforms suspended 40 feet above the ground, the tree-sitters were
>> not in positions from which they could be easily and safely removed.
>> Arresting officers' reckless behaviors, however, resulted in
>> protesters' quick eviction. One protester was not attached to
>> a
>> safety line during the eviction, but was still hostilely handled by
>> the Conservation Officers. As they reached her with the cherry
>> picker,
>> they pulled her unattached to anything that would have prevented her
>> tumbling to the ground, putting her life in great
>> danger.<br> <br>After
>> evicting the first sitter, officers moved on to the second. They raised
>> the cherry picker below the platform to threaten the sitter, and then
>> lifted the platform with the cherry picker. They proceeded to cut
>> the
>> support line that was holding it in the tree. This protester had locked
>> himself onto the ropes using a "lock box" device intended to help him
>> evade eviction. The officers cut that rope, leaving this protester also
>> without any form of safety.<br><br>After the <span style="border-bottom:
>> 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts"
>> id="lw_1213968115_6">tree-sitters</span>
>> were forcibly removed from their tree top positions, they were lowered,
>> cuffed and placed on the ground below the trees. From a telephone
>> recording made during the eviction, it is clear that the arresting
>> officers purposefully laid one of the protesters face down into a patch
>> of poison ivy.<br><br>People not involved in the tree-sit eviction this
>> morning have reported to the media office that state police officers
>> are pulling people over on the state highways in the vicinity of the
>> sit. One person reports that they were surrounded by 5 police
>> vehicles
>> when stopped. As well, it has been reported that one car had its tires
>> blown out by the state police in order for them to arrest all of the
>> occupants of that vehicle.<br><br>The
>> information in this press release was compiled by the I-69 Media
>> Office, an independent anti-I69 media clearinghouse. <br><br><span
>> style="font-weight:
>> bold;">links:</span><br>http://stopi69.wordpress.com<br><br
>> style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">picture
>> links:<br></span>http://stashbox.org/119436/i69SiteThreeBanners.jpg<span
>> style="font-weight: bold;"><br></span></div></div><br>
>>
>>
>>
>> </body></html>
>> --0-990750495-1213972786=:80406--
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