[GPSCC-chat] number of protesters arrested

[Gerry Gras]

Interesting.

Does this mean that
- the government is cracking down on protestors
     OR
- there are more protests
     OR
- something else
????

The article implies that there are more protests.
I hope it's right.

Gerry


Jim Doyle wrote:
> There is an article at  http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/05/24
> titled
> Over Two Thousand Six Hundred Activists Arrested in US Protests
> by Bill Quigley <http://www.commondreams.org/bill-quigley>
>
> Since President Obama was inaugurated, there have been over two thousand
> six hundred
> arrests of activists protesting in the US. Research shows over 670
> people have been
> arrested in protests inside the US already in 2011, over 1290 were
> arrested in 2010,
> and 665 arrested in 2009.
>
> The full list is included in the article starting with
>
> January 1, 2011. Nine women, ages 40 to 91, who brought solar panels to the
> Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor were arrested for blocking the driveway at
> Entergy Corporation. Shut It Down.
>
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