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May 7, 2018

Mother & Daughter End 5-Week Tree Sit Protesting Virginia Pipeline
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In Virginia, a 61-year-old mother and her daughter have ended a 5-week
tree sit to protest the construction of a natural gas pipeline. Theresa
"Red" Terry and her daughter began the tree sit on April 2. They ended
it on Saturday, after a federal judge threatened to begin fining the
women $1,000 a day, even though they were conducting the sit-in on their
own property. Red Terry briefly spoke to reporters after coming down
from the tree.

Theresa "Red" Terry: "I spent most of the morning crying-I didn't think
that I would be able to talk to y'all-because I was told that they were
coming to cut my trees. And I don't think I want to talk about it
anymore."



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