Good to know that a citizen from Oakland, California protested a pipeline 1,000 miles away, that was even approved by the anti-energy President Obama. Jobs are on the line, lowered cost energy is being held in the balance—and the permit process is being challenged. This by the city council of Oakland, in Northern California. Any wonder cops are scarce in this crime capitol—the government prefers to handle issues they can do nothing about instead of protecting the people of Oakland. Imagine if folks from Dallas came to San Fran to protest the craziness of that city? Great theater, waste of time.
“In a statement issued through her office last Friday, Kaplan said, “We must defend the water, land and the people. I am proud to be part of a city that stands up for justice. Together, we have moral obligation to say no to poisoning our water, no to the violence against those being harmed here in North Dakota, and to honor our First Nation’s peoples and respect treaty rights.”
Kaplan complained that it was cold in North Dakota. She did not have to go—she could have done her job as an Oakland councilmember. Maybe the legalization of marijuana got to her. Another example of why government has too much money.
Rebecca Kaplan participated in Standing Rock protests over Thanksgiving
| Steven Tavalers, |
EB Citizen, 11/28/16
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL |
Last September, Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan proposed a resolution to formally oppose the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) at the far-flung Standing Rock Native American Reservation.
The Oakland City Council approved the resolution just as the protests began growing along with increased media attention.
The gesture from Kaplan’s perspective was not hollow. That’s because she spent the Thanksgiving holiday at Standing Rock.
Prior to Kaplan’s arrival authorities had fired rubber bullets and opened water cannons on protesters amid freezing temperatures.
“It’s very cold here,” Kaplan wrote on Facebook a day before Thanksgiving. “But hearts are warm.” On Saturday, Kaplan noted on social media an increased police presence near the sprawling encampment, along with a photo of law enforcement personnel overlooking a ridge.
Tribal leaders in the area and activists say the pipeline violates their land rights and threatens the water supply.
In a statement issued through her office last Friday, Kaplan said, “We must defend the water, land and the people. I am proud to be part of a city that stands up for justice. Together, we have moral obligation to say no to poisoning our water, no to the violence against those being harmed here in North Dakota, and to honor our First Nation’s peoples and respect treaty rights.”
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