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TexasTowelie

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Sat Jun 2, 2018, 02:32 AM Jun 2018

Anti-terrorism agencies involved in monitoring protesters of Mountain Valley Pipeline

The distinct sound of a human stepping on a branch woke Minor Terry at 5 a.m. several days after she began a protest of the natural gas pipeline planned to run through her family’s property.

Even the birds on Bent Mountain weren’t awake yet.

She called down from her tree sit to ask who was there. A man responded, “Oh, hi, ma’am. We’re just checking on you.”

Who is we, she asked.

She fumbled for her glasses, found a flashlight and notified her family that stuff was going down. Four Roanoke County police officers were under the tree. It was the morning when contractors for the Mountain Valley Pipeline were to begin cutting trees.

Read more: http://www.richmond.com/news/plus/anti-terrorism-agencies-involved-in-monitoring-protesters-of-mountain-valley/article_2c0ee2e0-a700-5a18-a5c3-cde2e109776f.html

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