Virginia Tech Radical Prof Gets Light Sentence for Pipeline Crime

It doesn't help the cause of justice to let a repeat offender who breaks the law in order to protest pipeline projects, off easy. That's what happened last week in Virginia when a U.S. Magistrate Judge essentially slapped the wrist of Virginia Tech radical professor Emily Satterwhite following yet another violation in her protest of Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Police had taped a "no trespass" area and Satterwhite brazenly violated it, using the excuse she was taking pictures of other nutjob protesters who intentionally ran into the construction zone. OK, so she crossed a taped line. That's no big deal is it? Thing is, she previously chained herself to a bulldozer, delaying construction of MVP for a whole day. The tape is up for a reason--to protect bystanders and workers. She violated it. She got off easy. The charge will be dropped if she doesn't repeat offend yet again (fat chance of that happening)...

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