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November 22, 2019

Wisconsin Governor Signs Bill Criminalizing Pipeline Protesters
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Wisconsin's Democratic Governor Tony Evers has signed a bill making it a
felony to trespass on the grounds of an oil or gas pipeline. Critics say
the bill was inspired by ALEC - the American Legislative Exchange
Council - and pushed through the Wisconsin legislature by the American
Petroleum Institute. Opponents of the law include members of the Bad
River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, whose reservation is crossed by
the Enbridge Line 5 tar sands oil pipeline. The tribe's chair, Mike
Wiggins, said, "Over and over, we've seen peaceful, nonviolent protests
met with militarization, threats of violence and actual violence from
some of these corporate mechanisms."


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