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BeckyDem

(8,361 posts) Tue Feb 11, 2020, 09:05 AM Feb 2020

Native burial sites blown up for US border wall

10 February 2020

Native American burial sites in Arizona have been blown up by construction crews building the US-Mexico border wall, according to lawmakers and tribal leaders.

Authorities confirmed that "controlled blasting" has begun in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, a Unesco recognised natural reserve.

Raul Grijalva, a Democrat congressman, called the destruction "sacrilegious".

The government failed to consult the Tohono O'odham Nation, he said.

Environmental groups also warn of the damage being done to the local underground aquifer, as well as to migrating wildlife in the remote desert region about 115 miles (185km) west of Tucson.

Officials say the aim of the project is to construct a 30ft-tall (9m) steel barrier that runs for 43 miles on the national park land.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51449739

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Native burial sites blown up for US border wall (Original Post) BeckyDem Feb 2020 OP

K&R! Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2020 #1

Horrific. Malmsy Feb 2020 #2

Every day. Trump and GOP are thieves. BeckyDem Feb 2020 #4

Vandals too. Deplorable only scratches the surface. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #11

Yes, dreadful people. BeckyDem Feb 2020 #15

drumpf has less than zero sense of decency. democratisphere Feb 2020 #3

Sickening. GoCubsGo Feb 2020 #5

The government didn't 'fail' to consult the Tohono O'odham Nation. spanone Feb 2020 #6

We have Indian burial mounds all over our area and no one would think of violating them. Frustratedlady Feb 2020 #7

this HAS to be breaking some laws....right? dhill926 Feb 2020 #8

Yeah, that f**ker Barr will get right on that. justhanginon Feb 2020 #10

Trump has his Sharpie. Barr uses White-Out. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #12

law and order is obselete here now. SummerSnow Feb 2020 #17

If we ever wondered how could there have been a genocide of Native Peoples, we have our answer. mysteryowl Feb 2020 #9

No way it's the same but reminds me of Muslims blowing up Buddhas, city P bobbieinok Feb 2020 #13

Wrong in so many ways MiniMe Feb 2020 #14

Bad juju. calimary Feb 2020 #16

Is this fucker dead yet? 58Sunliner Feb 2020 #18

K & R! Outrageous and saddening. c-rational Feb 2020 #19

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,501 posts)

1. K&R!

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 09:16 AM

Feb 2020

Malmsy

(297 posts)

2. Horrific.

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 09:22 AM

Feb 2020

Every day brings a new assault on decency.

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)

4. Every day. Trump and GOP are thieves.

Reply to Malmsy (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 09:23 AM

Feb 2020

His creepy family too.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)

11. Vandals too. Deplorable only scratches the surface.

Reply to BeckyDem (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 10:35 AM

Feb 2020

There is no end to their vulgarity and irresponsibility.

Karma should nuke them straight to hell.

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)

15. Yes, dreadful people.

Reply to CaptYossarian (Reply #11)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 11:13 AM

Feb 2020

November can't come soon enough for me.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

3. drumpf has less than zero sense of decency.

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 09:22 AM

Feb 2020

Hell doesn't even want 'em.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)

5. Sickening.

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 09:25 AM

Feb 2020

Just fucking sickening. I hope this turns Arizona blue in November, not that it will repair any of the damage already done. Too late for that.

spanone

(135,846 posts)

6. The government didn't 'fail' to consult the Tohono O'odham Nation.

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 09:28 AM

Feb 2020

The government didn't give a shit.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)

7. We have Indian burial mounds all over our area and no one would think of violating them.

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 10:00 AM

Feb 2020

When highways are built/rerouted, there is no question that the mounds are not to be touched.

I hope they come back to haunt him. He is an evil, evil blob.

dhill926

(16,348 posts)

8. this HAS to be breaking some laws....right?

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 10:27 AM

Feb 2020

god I hate these vile fucks...

justhanginon

(3,290 posts)

10. Yeah, that f**ker Barr will get right on that.

Reply to dhill926 (Reply #8)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 10:32 AM

Feb 2020

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)

12. Trump has his Sharpie. Barr uses White-Out.

Reply to justhanginon (Reply #10)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 10:37 AM

Feb 2020

That would also cure Carrot Face.

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)

17. law and order is obselete here now.

Reply to dhill926 (Reply #8)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 11:43 AM

Feb 2020

mysteryowl

(7,390 posts)

9. If we ever wondered how could there have been a genocide of Native Peoples, we have our answer.

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 10:30 AM

Feb 2020

White, republican men have zero reverence for anyone or anything but themselves.

Horrific, just horrific. We can add this to the horrible things Trump has done.