State Senator Paul Pinsky Arrested at White House Pipeline Protest
Sen. Paul Pinsky was arrested at the White House while protesting the Keystone pipeline plan.
Maryland State Senator Paul Pinsky (D-Dist. 22) was arrested outside the White House on Friday afternoon. Pinksy, who represents part of Prince George’s County, and about 150 environmental activists were arrested while protesting the Keystone pipeline project. If the plan is approved it would transport crude oil through the continental United States—connecting the tar sands in Alberta, Canada to refineries on the Texas coast. "I think we're taking the wrong direction," said Pinsky, who was reached by phone after being released from U.S. Park Police Headquarters in Anacostia Park. "We should be going for clean energy, wind and solar." For years scientists have told us we can't rely on fossil fuel and urged us to reduce our carbon emissions…
Andrew Metcalf
6:04 pm on Monday, September 5, 2011
Yes, I was only writing about how many others were arrested with State Senator Pinsky on Friday. I believe the number you're citing is from tarsandaction.org and represents the total number arrested for the entire protest, which ran from August 20 to September 3. I saw first-hand the protestors' process of recording the numbers of those arrested and assume that's correct, but it's not an official… more ›