DoomsdaysCW<p>Defenders in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Appalachia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Appalachia</span></a> Against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MountainValleyPipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MountainValleyPipeline</span></a> Avoided <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FelonyCharges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FelonyCharges</span></a></p><p>"Initially we were charged with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a>. The real conspiracy is between the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prosecutors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prosecutors</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a>, between the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cops</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a>." </p><p>By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AppalachiansAgainstPipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppalachiansAgainstPipelines</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a>, March 3, 2025</p><p>"Last Tuesday, 12 pipeline fighters had court in Giles County for charges resulting from three different actions against the Mountain Valley Pipeline in 2023 and 2024 in and around the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JeffersonNationalForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffersonNationalForest</span></a>, including one site where <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MVP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MVP</span></a> was drilling through the mountain under the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AppalachianTrail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppalachianTrail</span></a>.</p><p>"Eleven of the defendants accepted non-cooperating plea deals -- all of them were facing absurd felony charges, including<br>felony abduction and felony 'unauthorized use of a vehicle.' In the end, they plead to misdemeanor charges and there were NO felony convictions. They were sentenced to community service, probation, and to pay restitution. The court room was PACKED all day long with supporters!"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/03/defenders-in-appalachia-against.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/03</span><span class="invisible">/defenders-in-appalachia-against.html</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandDefenders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterProtectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterProtectors</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MountainProtectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MountainProtectors</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JeffersonNationalForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffersonNationalForest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AppalachianTrail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppalachianTrail</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AppalachiansAgainstPipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppalachiansAgainstPipelines</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPPs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoPipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoPipelines</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MountainValleyPipelineLLC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MountainValleyPipelineLLC</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Virginia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestVirginia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthCarolina</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ComplicitGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComplicitGovernment</span></a></p>