Hannah and landowner Eleanor Fairchild were standing in front of heavy equipment in an attempt to halt construction of the Keystone XL pipeline on Fairchild’s farm in Winnsboro, a town about 100 miles east of Dallas. They were arrested for criminal trespassing and taken to the Wood County Jail, Bassis said. Hannah also faces a charge of resisting arrest, according to jail records.
Let’s repeat that: Eleanor Fairchild, 78, was arrested for standing on her own property.
are you kidding
Eminent domain is supposed to only be used for things that benefit everyone- water, electricity, whatever. In Texas,...
While this is fucking terrible and angers me to no end, what the government did is not illegal and falls under eminent...