Attorney for Texas oil giant (KM) says facial expressions made by pipeline protesters are "assault"
(some of the comments are hilarious!)
Attorney for Texas oil giant says facial expressions made by pipeline protesters are "assault"
?1415649361
In 2012, Texas oil giant Kinder Morgan announced plans to triple the size of their Canadian pipeline:
The expansion involves twinning, or building, 610 miles of new pipeline along the existing 715-mile route between Edmonton in Alberta and Burnaby, British Columbia, a suburban community just outside Vancouver.
Many Canadian residents are outraged and have tried to block the expansion, some even chained themselves to fencing around a test site to prevent the company from conducting tests in British Columbia. Kinder Morgan responded by suing protesters and claiming the dirty looks they gave Kinder Morgan employees constitute "assault":
Mr. Kaplan had argued the defendants conspired against Kinder Morgan, employing social media and telephone networks to harm the oil company and pipeline builder Trans Mountain as they seek to nearly triple capacity by expanding a route under Burnaby Mountain.
He entered into evidence photographs of protesters wearing facial expressions he said demonstrate anger and violence.
“One of the things I will argue is that is not only intimidation, but that is actually an assault,” he said on Wednesday.
. . .
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/10/1343820/-Attorney-for-Texas-oil-giant-says-facial-expressions-made-by-pipeline-protesters-are-assault?detail=email#
= new reply since forum marked as read
If this fellow can't face it, he's free to leave... 
