3 Old Hippies Block MVP Work in Va. – Arrested & Removed
It’s never too late to relive the glory days of protesting the Vietnam war. For years we’ve made the observation that a number of the people who oppose fracking, and now pipelines, are vintage war protesters who have rediscovered the “joy” they had in the ’60s and 7’0s by protesting against fossil fuels today. Case in point: three senior citizen protesters parked a hippie-mobile across a narrow road where workers travel to work on the 92% complete Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) in Roanoke County, Virginia. County police ensured the protesters still had a pulse and were hydrated, then a few hours later (to give them ample time to enjoy themselves), the cops arrested and hauled them away.
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