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Violent Arrests at Lochiel Tree Sit as Wall Construction Fells Cottonwood
Original: # BreakingNews - Violent Arrests Underway at # Lochiel # TreeSit : # GrandmotherCottonwood Cut Down -- '#NoBorderWall' T
Police have carried out violent arrests at the Lochiel tree sit on the US-Mexico border, and activists report that the last remaining Grandmother Cottonwood tree has been cut down to make way for border wall construction. Censored News journalist Brenda Norrell is covering the protests, where opponents of the wall had occupied trees to block felling. The arrests and the tree's destruction have drawn outrage from border wall opponents and Indigenous supporters.
Why now: Ongoing border wall construction at Lochiel has prompted tree-sit protests, and the felling of the historic cottonwood and arrests are fresh developments.
LochielBrenda NorrellCensored NewsNo Border Wall movement
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- # BreakingNews - Violent Arrests Underway at # Lochiel # TreeSit : # GrandmotherCottonwood Cut Down -- '#NoBorderWall' The Last Remaining Grandmother Cottonwood Cut Down Just Now after Violent Arrests at NO Border Wall Tree Sit in Lochiel By # BrendaNorrell , # CensoredNews ,… · DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social · 8
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