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Pipeline Company Paid Pennsylvania Police Department to 'Deter Protests'
Federman, Adam
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/05/22/pipeline-company-paid-pennsylvania-police-department-to-deter-protests/Date Written: 2015-05-22 Publisher: Counter Punch Year Published: 2015 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX17686 Between June and October 2013, Kinder Morgan, the largest energy infrastructure company in North America, paid a local Pennsylvania police department more than $50,000 to patrol a controversial pipeline upgrade. The company requested that the officers, though officially off-duty, be in uniform and marked cars. Kinder Morgan's aim, according to documents obtained by Earth Island Journal, was to use law enforcement to "deter protests" in order to avoid "costly delays." Subject Headings |