Louisiana’s bill inflicts harsh penalties for conspiracy to trespass — which can apply even if someone never sets foot on a critical infrastructure site.
Oil and Water
The company notorious for surveilling pipeline opponents at Standing Rock was pursuing a contract to guard Louisiana’s Bayou Bridge pipeline.
The War on Immigrants
The reported abuses, which happened over seven days, were so severe that complaints of hate crimes have been forwarded to the FBI.
This is not the first time Puerto Rico’s government has sought to outsource prisons. Previous attempts ended in rights abuses and riots.
Climate activists turned the valve wheels on five tar sands pipelines in Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and Washington state to stop the flow of oil.
Oil and Water
TigerSwan, the mercenary security firm that worked to suppress the NoDAPL movement, is promoting its disaster response efforts in Houston and Puerto Rico.
Just months after Ohio failed to kill 69-year-old Alva Campbell, Alabama tried for two and a half hours to execute Hamm, a man with terminal cancer.
The state’s relationship with Energy Transfer Partners stands in stark contrast to its lack of engagement with activists opposing the Bayou Bridge pipeline.
The War on Immigrants
Teens are being detained by ICE after dubious claims of gang affiliation make their way from school officials to immigration authorities.
The judge who sentenced Bobby Bostic to the practical equivalent of life without parole for armed robbery spoke publicly for the first time about his case.