KeystoneXL Protester Seeks Lawsuit Over Police Brutality

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My faith calls me to express my values through my acts and my relationship with others. I took part in a nonviolent direct action campaign against the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline because these extreme extraction projects always harm those already marginalized the most.

I will not allow my inaction to read as consent. That’s why I locked down to halt construction of KXL South and that’s why I’m suing Wood County for the actions of their police officers. I doubt that my treatment was the first time these officers abused those under their power but hopefully my lawsuit can help make it one of the last.

Below is the story of my action, originally published on October 1, 2012:

Can We Call The Torture Report Redactions A Cover-up? Part 2

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Previously: Part 1 Sen. Feinstein: Unlike the official response, these Panetta Review documents were in agreement with the committee’s findings. That’s what makes them so significant and important to protect. When the Internal Panetta Review documents disappeared from the committee’s computer system, this suggested once again that the CIA had removed documents already provided to […]

Can We Call The Torture Report Redactions A Cover-up? Part 1

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Here are a couple of questions I’d like answered … What did President Barack Obama know about the CIA’s obstruction, interference, and intimidation of Senate Intelligence Committee staffers investigating the agency’s activities? What role did the President have in what Sen. Dianne Feinstein terms ‘eliminating or obscuring key facts that support the report’s findings and conclusions?’ […]

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