[GPSCC-chat] 45 years for reporting on NoDAPL Protests?!?

[Gerry Gras]

"Filmmaker Faces 45 Years in Prison for Reporting on Dakota Access Protests"

http://commondreams.org/news/2016/10/15/filmmaker-faces-45-years-prison-reporting-dakota-access-protests

"NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden observed that Schlosberg faces more
years in prison than he does for leaking secret documents about the
NSA's mass surveillance program in 2013"

...

""Deia isn't alone," observed Fox in an op-ed in the Nation. "The arrest
of journalists, filmmakers, and others witnessing and reporting on
citizen protests against fossil-fuel infrastructure amid climate change
is part of a worrisome and growing pattern.""
https://www.thenation.com/article/the-arrest-of-journalists-and-filmmakers-covering-the-dakota-pipeline-is-a-threat-to-democracy-and-the-planet/

What are the authorities thinking?

Gerry