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December 13, 2011

Anti-Nuclear Activists Invoke Occupy Tactics in Vermont Demonstration; 11 Arrested 
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Eleven anti-nuclear activists were arrested in Brattleboro, Vermont,
Monday after attempting to make a citizens' arrest of the board and
officers of Entergy, operator of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.
Inside the offices of Entergy, the 11 women briefly did an Occupy-style
"mic check" to read the citizens' arrest warrant. Among those arrested
was Frances Crowe, a 92-year-old activist from Northampton,
Massachusetts.

Frances Crowe, anti-nuclear activist: “I came here today to deliver a
citizen’s arrest on the executives of Entergy because they are the
only owners of Vermont Yankee and we feel that they’re conducting an
immoral, illegal operating of Vermont Yankee plant that needs to be shut
down. It’s very dangerous and they re-fueled it. I fear they’re not
going to shut it down on the 21st of March. So we feel that we need to
keep the pressure on them to shut it down now.”

Monday's action in Vermont has been described as the first occupy
protest at a nuclear power plant operator.



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