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October 19, 2018

Water Protesters Arrested in TX for Disrupting Oil Co. Meeting
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And in Dallas, Texas, two pipeline protesters were arrested Thursday
after disrupting an Energy Transfer Partners' shareholder meeting.
Indigenous rights activists Waniya Locke and Cherri Foytlin face
disorderly conduct charges after interrupting speakers at a meeting
about the 163-mile Bayou Bridge pipeline. Foytlin recorded the protest
on Facebook Live.

Cherri Foytlin: "They have injured children, they have caused issues and
I know-I know they're gonna act like they're the innocent ones, but
they're not."

Waniya Locke: "They are contaminating 2 million people's drinking water
every single day …"

Cherri Foytlin: "They're not innocent. And you don't get to do this, you
don't get to continue bothering people and injure people and hurt
people-you don't get to do that, right? Just because you're rich …"

Foytlin appears to be tackled as she continues to speak. Dozens of
protesters also gathered outside of the hotel to protest Energy Transfer
Partners and its CEO Kelcy Warren.


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