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Protesters arrested as 250-year-old cottonwood cut down for border wall
Original: Protesters protected it for over 70 days, fascists arrested them and cut down the 250 year old grandmother cottonwood tr
Authorities have arrested protesters and cut down a roughly 250-year-old cottonwood tree, known as the grandmother cottonwood, in Lochiel, Arizona, to make way for border wall construction. Activists had occupied the site to protect the tree for more than 70 days. Critics on social media are calling the arrests and felling an act of state violence and ecocide.
Why now: The felling of a centuries-old tree after arrests of long-term protesters has just happened, sparking outrage and sharing online.
Lochiel, Arizonagrandmother cottonwood treeborder wall
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- Protesters protected it for over 70 days, fascists arrested them and cut down the 250 year old grandmother cottonwood tree so a border wall could be built. (Lochiel, AZ, 10/05/26) Video Source https:// reddit.com/comments/1wzwb6a Article https:// azluminaria.org/2026/10/05/fin… · CubitOom@social.linux.pizza · 3
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