Recent Arrests Under New Anti-Protest Law Spotlights Risks That Off Duty Cops Pose To Pipeline Opponents

August 27, 2018
The Intercept

... Pam Spees, a senior staff attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights who is representing groups opposed to the Bayou Bridge project, said the situation raises important concerns about whose interests are being protected. “If there is a financial interest on the part of state employees to serve these private companies, who’s looking out for normal, everyday citizens and residents and landowners and others who want to protest?” ...

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August 28, 2018