Reposting this. It seems like a lifetime ago…like a fairy tale story…but it’s not a happy ending.
Did you folks hear about Energy Transfer Partners using Blackwater-like outfit called TigerSwan to violently stop the protests and dig up burial grounds? Now I hope those who doubted what the protestors were saying now believe them. I was stunned by the police and sheriff deputies in riot gear.
There was no riot. There was no riot. There was no riot.
I hope that folks think about their precious water every time they open up the spigot. Sadly, I don’t think they will until it no longer comes out or they get oil or fracking gas instead of life giving water. Three days without water is all it takes for your body to shut down.
In Indiana, with 15 million pounds of toxins spewed into the rivers every year, the Wabash and Erie have been poisoned. Officials have even warned folks not to eat fish from the Wabash, it is that bad. And the Wabash is a major river that gave life to many…
And they were allowed to poison it at the expense of the future life: people, fish, cranes/eagles/turtles, creepy-crawlies, and the plants.
This is what DAPL was all about. To prevent future Wabash and Ohio Rivers…