WTF? BP security scenario is being replayed at the MI spill. Cops working for spillers? No photos?

[Bozita]

I've read this story every other day since April.


http://michiganmessenger.com/40133/michigan-oil-spill-a-replay-of-gulf-spill#more-40133

Michigan oil spill a replay of Gulf spill?
By ED BRAYTON 7/27/10 3:28 PM

It’s looking like the oil spill from a pipeline into the Talmadge Creek in Calhoun County is going to be a replay of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in at least one respect — the companies, aided by the government, do not want the media to have access to take pictures and video of what is going on. The Michigan Messenger’s Todd Heywood is on the scene and was turned away from one of the primary sites by employees of Enbridge, the company that owns and operates the pipeline.

Heywood was at 12 Mile Rd. and C Avenue at a bridge over the Ceresco Dam when employees from Enbridge turned him away. The employee would only give his name as Mike, and when he noticed Heywood writing down the information he said, “I’m not telling you anything else” and walked away.

A sheriff’s deputy on the scene confirmed that he was not allowed to take pictures there of the oil spill or the wildlife. He then went to the Enbridge command center and was told by Enbridge spokesperson Lorraine Grymala that he would have to go to the Calhoun County Sheriff to talk to them about it.

At the Calhoun County offices, the desk clerk would not give him the contact information for the sheriff or a public information officer and said she was told only to give out an 800 number. That number went to Enbridge, but it is only an answering machine where one can leave messages.

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[flyarm]

1. Welcome to our world on the Gulf..only on a smaller scale.

[villager]

2. Well of course in the broad sense "the cops work for oil companies,"

just as they work for banks, cartels, and all aspects of the MIC.

Sure, they help the occasional citizen, but mostly, they're around to remind citizens of the threat of state violence/terror should said citizens suddenly cease "cooperating..."

[ManiacJoe]

3. "Not allowed to take pictures" ???

There is not much the the cops can do to stop anyone from taking pictures of anything when out in public.

If the reporter meant "not allowed to get close enough to take good pictures", that is something else.

[blindpig]

4. it becomes clearer every day...

Capitalism is intolerable.