Via Tar Sands Blockade:

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UPDATE: 5:30 pm – Police pulled so hard on the barrel that one of the chains broke

Update from Glen in jail: the blockaders did not unlock voluntarily. Police pulled so hard on the barrel that the chain on his wrist broke. Glen doesn’t think anything is broken, but the extent of his injuries has not yet been determined.

UPDATE: 3:00 pm – Charges filed against blockaders

Glen Collins, Matt Almonte, and Isabel Indigo Brooks are all being charged with three misdemeanors: resisting arrest, criminal trespassing and illegal dumping. Show your appreciation for their efforts with a donation to their bail fund!

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UPDATE: 1:00 pm – Third blockader arrested

Isabel Indigo Brooks, who was inside the pipe providing assistance for Glen and Matt, has also been removed from the pipe and arrested.

Demonstrate your support with a generous donation to the bail fund for these courageous blockaders.

UPDATE: 12:45 pm – Glen and Matt arrested and loaded into police van

Demonstrate your support with a generous donation to the legal fund for these brave blockaders.

BREAKING: 12:30 pm – Blockaders forcibly extracted from pipe

Police brought an ambulance to the scene and then began pulling on one of the barrels. The crowd surged onto the easement to protect Glen and Matt from this dangerous extraction, but they were chased away by the police. Both barrels and the two blockaders have been removed from the pipe.

Meanwhile, a team of blockaders are stopping a nearby excavator machine from digging the pipeline trench.

UPDATE: 12:05 pm – Two police officers enter the pipe, emerge a few minutes later

Glen and Matt are still locked inside the pipe; the police have been completely unable to extract them but continue to threaten various extraction techniques which would endanger the blockaders’ lives, such as cutting into the pipe.

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UPDATE: 11:20 am – Police attempting to block view of pipe and move supporters further from scene

Police have moved several trucks and vans in order to obstruct the view of the pipe in which Glen and Matt are locked. They have threatened arrest and forced supporters off the property immediately adjacent to the pipeline easement, despite the fact that the homeowner gave protesters explicit permission to be in her yard. Police are also forcing protesters to move further along the public road along which they were standing.

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