Mississippi Set To Become The 13th State To Criminalize Fossil Fuel Protests
Source: Huffington Post
Mississippi is on the verge of becoming the 13th state in the past three years to slap new penalties on protests against fossil fuel infrastructure.
A bill that cleared the state Legislature earlier this week makes knowingly trespassing any property where oil, gas or petrochemical pipelines or tanks are located a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in prison and a $1,000 fine.
Individuals who cause damage or losses that total more than $1,000 ― for example, by halting production at a refinery or stopping the flow of fuel through a pipeline ― could face felony charges punishable by up to seven years in prison and fines of up to $10,000.
The bill also threatens any organization that aids, abets, solicits, compensates, hires, conspires with, commands or procures a person to commit the crime of impeding critical infrastructure with fines of up to $100,000 and civil action from companies to recoup damages for lost profits, whether or not any fine is imposed.
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mississippi-fossil-fuels_n_5ee92dc6c5b6273a4c50ee38
PJMcK
(22,056 posts)Maybe not so much.
"We, the Corporations..."
Perhaps.
Python boot
(74 posts)But corporations are people too. Corporations have been acquiring all the civil rights accorded to individual people ever since the Santa Clara county versus Union Pacific railroad decision over 120 years ago. We need laws that end personhood under the law for corporations. Slavery treats people as property, corporate personhood treats property as if it were people. Both take away our individual's rights.