[Vision2020] Megaload Monitors Arrested Saturday for Obstruction

Dave tiedye at turbonet.com
Mon Aug 29 11:33:20 PDT 2011 

The peace band stopped playing when asked by the police after a noise 
complaint.  All proper.

Dave


On 08/29/2011 11:29 AM, Wayne Price wrote:
> And while we're on the subject, what ever happened to the Moscow City 
> Noise Ordnance?  The screaming and the so called "peace band"  woke me 
> up as opposed to the Exxon/Mobil loads that were in compliance with 
> the law. WHEN do those of us who want to sleep get some relief from 
> the 'peace band" and the peaceful screamers that have been so proudly 
> touted here on Vision 2020?
>
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> Wayne Price
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> On Aug 29, 2011, at 10:07 AM, Debbie Gray wrote:
>
>> Instead of assuming ISP or other law enforcement officers are 
>> uninformed buffoons completely unfamiliar with Idaho Code, why don't 
>> the protestors (who are clearly there with the intent to stay until 
>> arrested) suck it up and deal with the consequences of their behavior 
>> instead of threatening lawsuits and destroying public property (e.g. 
>> breaking windows of the jail van). It seems the protests quickly 
>> start veering more toward 'protesting police officers very presence' 
>> than toward effectively conveying any message about the tar sands 
>> environmental degradation. Isn't that what protestors are trying to 
>> do, raise awareness of the tar sand project? Voice their opinion 
>> about whether the big oil companies should be allowed to use public 
>> roads to transport this stuff? Those messages sure get lost in a 
>> hurry when all that's left is a group of people flipping off the 
>> police and screaming about the pigs.
>>
>> As one protestor stated so clearly, the police provided a multitude 
>> of opportunities to disperse after giving them lots of time to 
>> protest and share their message. So then they must want to be 
>> arrested, yes? It's like poking a hornet's nest with a stick 500 
>> times and then filing a lawsuit when you get stung and then 
>> complaining that you have a constitutional right to poke whatever you 
>> want with your stick. Sure... but along with those rights come the 
>> responsibilities of shouldering the consequences.
>>
>> Debbie Gray
>>
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>> *From:* Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com <mailto:thansen at moscow.com>>
>> *To:* Moscow Vision 2020 <Vision2020 at moscow.com 
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>> *Sent:* Monday, August 29, 2011 7:52 AM
>> *Subject:* Re: [Vision2020] Megaload Monitors Arrested Saturday for 
>> Obstruction
>>
>> The Idaho State Police may be onto something here, V-peeps.
>>
>> If ANY of you know, or even suspect, anyone who may have sat in their 
>> vehicle . . . while parked . . . NOT wearing their seat belts . . . 
>> contact local authorities IMMEDIATELY . . . Before this becomes a 
>> criminal epidemic.
>>
>> At first these offenders will hide behind the excuse, "But, officer, 
>> we were just parked here.". The next thing you hear about them is 
>> they are strapped in a gurney . . . with IVs in their arms . . . 
>> praying for a call from the governor.
>>
>> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to 
>> change and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>>
>> - Unknown
>>
>>
>> On Aug 29, 2011, at 7:35, "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com 
>> <mailto:thansen at moscow.com>> wrote:
>>
>> > Courtesy of today's (August 29, 2011) Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
>> >
>> > ------------------------------
>> >
>> > Megaload monitors arrested Saturday for obstruction outside Coeur 
>> d'Alene
>> >
>> > Wild Idaho Rising Tide community organizer, fellow opposition member
>> > refused to give ID to state trooper
>> >
>> > Two protesters of the Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil megaload that began 
>> its trip
>> > from Lewiston late Thursday were arrested outside Coeur d'Alene on U.S.
>> > Highway 95 while monitoring the shipment's progress early Saturday
>> > morning.
>> >
>> > Helen Yost said she and another woman had been part of a group that was
>> > monitoring the load early Saturday when they were arrested by an Idaho
>> > State Police trooper.
>> >
>> > They were later charged with obstruction and failure to wear seatbelts.
>> >
>> > Yost is community organizer for Wild Idaho Rising Tide, the 
>> environmental
>> > action group that has been leading the fight against Imperial
>> > Oil/ExxonMobil's plans to move oil refinery equipment through Idaho 
>> on its
>> > way to the Kearl Oil Sands Project in Alberta, Canada,
>> >
>> > As the shipment made one of its scheduled stops, Yost said the SUV 
>> she was
>> > a passenger in pulled over to the side of the road ahead of the 
>> shipment
>> > to wait to get back behind it.
>> >
>> > An ISP vehicle parked in front of them on the side of the road, 
>> Yost said,
>> > and a trooper approached them. He told them they were not wearing their
>> > seatbelts and asked for their identification. Yost said she told the
>> > trooper their seatbelts were off because they were parked at the 
>> time and
>> > refused to give the trooper her license as she was a passenger, 
>> while the
>> > other woman, who goes by Cici, did not have identification to give.
>> >
>> > Yost and Cici were arrested and placed in separate ISP vehicles, Yost
>> > said, and taken to the Kootenai County Jail.
>> >
>> > Yost said there had been talk of a protest in Coeur d'Alene that never
>> > picked up momentum.
>> >
>> > The driver of the SUV, Sharon Cousins of Viola, ended monitoring of the
>> > shipment and went to support the two women at the jail.
>> >
>> > "Nobody continued monitoring at that point that we know of," said Cici.
>> >
>> > Yost said while they spent about 18 hours in jail, supporters came 
>> up with
>> > funds for their bonds, which were set at $300 each.
>> >
>> > "It was an attempt to intimidate people who are here to monitor these
>> > loads," Yost said of the arrests. "They didn't have any reason to 
>> arrest
>> > us and bring us to jail like they did."
>> >
>> > Cici said they were not read their Miranda rights or allowed to make a
>> > phone call until they had been incarcerated for about 12 hours at the
>> > jail, and she only gave her information to police when she was told she
>> > could be held for an indefinite length of time.
>> >
>> > "Interestingly, they referred to us at the jail as the Highway 95
>> > protesters," she said.
>> >
>> > ------------------------------
>> >
>> > Not wearing seat belts?  The horrors!!
>> >
>> > Book 'em, Dano!
>> >
>> > Obstruction?!?!?  WHAT OBSTRUCTION?
>> >
>> > Seeya round town, Moscow.
>> >
>> > Tom Hansen
>> > Moscow, Idaho
>> >
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