Comments on: RAN’s Mike Brune arrested with Climate Scientist James Hansen in Effort to Stop Mountaintop Removal

By: The Understory » On the ground in West Virginia’s Coal Country

The Understory » On the ground in West Virginia’s Coal Country — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:12:59 +0000

[...] of celebrity activist, Darryl Hannah and NASA’s Dr. James Hansen. According to some their willingness to forfeit the freedom to help raise the awareness of this tragic issue meant much to many locals, many of whom felt safe for the first time thanks to [...]

By: Lyn

Lyn — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:40:40 +0000

Hi Mandie, it’s important to know that being arrested is necessary in some cases in order to heighten public awareness that a crime is happening here- and that the law is arresting the wrong people, those who are drawing attention to it. As Martin Luther King said, ’sometimes it’s necessary to dramatize the injustice’ and that is very true today as we see the world’s climate at risk; kudos to all of those who participated, you are being true citizens.
- Lyn from Toronto

By: Mandie

Mandie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:37:44 +0000

This is becoming very frustrating.It seems that everytime
a group of people speak their minds the cops come and arrest them for it.It’s like there’s no freedom of opinion.
I don’t believe that civil disobedience is something people need to be arrested for.The police have more important people to catch than the environmentalists.We are just trying to do our part in the world.We are just trying to save what is ours.Is that such a bad thing to do?

By: sky

sky — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:37:38 +0000

This was at Coal River Valley in West Virginia. Check out the HuffPo article-http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=94911187619&h=C1Lvg&u=g3OST&ref=nf

By: raincrow

raincrow — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:34:25 +0000

PLEASE provide more information, such as the state in which this happened! Very frustrating.