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peoli

(3,111 posts)
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 02:41 AM Jun 2020

Mississippi Set To Become The 13th State To Criminalize Fossil Fuel Protests

Source: Huffington Post

Mississippi is on the verge of becoming the 13th state in the past three years to slap new penalties on protests against fossil fuel infrastructure.

A bill that cleared the state Legislature earlier this week makes knowingly trespassing any property where oil, gas or petrochemical pipelines or tanks are located a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in prison and a $1,000 fine.

Individuals who cause damage or losses that total more than $1,000 ― for example, by halting production at a refinery or stopping the flow of fuel through a pipeline ― could face felony charges punishable by up to seven years in prison and fines of up to $10,000.

The bill also threatens any “organization that aids, abets, solicits, compensates, hires, conspires with, commands or procures a person to commit the crime of impeding critical infrastructure” with fines of up to $100,000 and civil action from companies to recoup “damages for lost profits, whether or not any fine is imposed.”

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mississippi-fossil-fuels_n_5ee92dc6c5b6273a4c50ee38

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Mississippi Set To Become The 13th State To Criminalize Fossil Fuel Protests (Original Post) peoli Jun 2020 OP
"We, the People..." PJMcK Jun 2020 #1
We the corporations Python boot Jun 2020 #3
No doubt it's about protecting investment, but I see safety issues too Auggie Jun 2020 #2
But demanding people wear masks violates their Constitutional rights? sinkingfeeling Jun 2020 #4
WTF? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 #5

Python boot

(74 posts)
3. We the corporations
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 06:59 AM
Jun 2020

But corporations are people too. Corporations have been acquiring all the civil rights accorded to individual people ever since the Santa Clara county versus Union Pacific railroad decision over 120 years ago. We need laws that end personhood under the law for corporations. Slavery treats people as property, corporate personhood treats property as if it were people. Both take away our individual's rights.

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