The Nation magazine places Occupy Youngstown, Occupy Warren, Occupy Cleveland Frackfree-ers on their Monday Blog Timeline at "The OccupyUSA Blog for Monday (April 16), With Frequent Updates", by Greg Mitchell:
9:15 Three arrested in Youngstown, OH as OWSers apparently join in protest at school where residents sign hundreds of gas/fracking leases with good old BP. ...Press conference scheduled for 1:30pm, April 16, Mahoning County jail, downtown Youngstown, Ohio.
“We’re showing that arresting us won’t make the problem go away. We won’t stop and we won’t allow the real criminals like BP to destroy Ohio like they did the Gulf coast. Safe fracking is a myth,” said Annie Lukins, one of the protestors. from: Activists Released on Bail After Protesting BP’s Fracking Lease Event http://ecowatch.org/2012/activists-released-on-bail-after-protesting-bps-fracking-lease-event/
MORE stories here:
Activists Shut down BP lease signing party: hundreds of acres saved!
http://ohiofracktion.com/2012/04/15/activists-shut-down-bp-lease-signing-party-hundreds-of-acres-saved/
Three Arrested at Fracking Protest
http://ecowatch.org/2012/three-arrested-at-fracking-protest/
UPDATE: 2 of 3 activists held on $3,500 bail.
http://ohiofracktion.com/2012/04/16/update-2-of-3-activists-held-on-3500-bail/
Protesters Cause Havoc at BP Lease Signing Event
http://www.wkbn.com/content/news/local/story/Protesters-Cause-Havoc-at-BP-Lease-Signing-Event/nv7mFP0E10i5MJnbnWJnQg.cspx
Protesters Cause Havoc at BP Lease Signing Event
http://www.wytv.com/content/news/local/story/Protesters-Cause-Havoc-at-BP-Lease-Signing-Event/nv7mFP0E10i5MJnbnWJnQg.cspx?rss=3107
Vindy.com - 3 protesters are arrested in Greenford
http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/apr/16/-protesters-are-arrested-in-greenford/
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