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Authorities Arrest Activists Instead of Those Responsible For CA Gas Leak (inhabitat.com)

Posted by yaelk on from the who-would-have-thought dept.

MikeChino writes: The California State Patrol has arrested two people in connection with the massive methane leak in Southern California's Aliso Canyon. Instead of busting company executives and engineers that caused the leak, the CSP arrested protesters who had draped banners on the headquarters of the California Public Utilities Commission. The banners highlighted the lax regulatory environment that enabled the spill.

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  1. There is no "California State Patrol" by chispito · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think you mean the California Highway Patrol

    This suggests something about the quality of the source's and the submitter's fact checking ability.

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    1. Re:There is no "California State Patrol" by OverlordQ · · Score: 5, Informative

      > This suggests something about the quality of the source's and the submitter's fact checking ability.

      Check all of his submissions, they're all trying to astroturf his shitty 'news' site

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  2. there were Cal state police...1990's by Archfeld · · Score: 4, Informative

    There were in fact California State Police, but they were rarely seen outside Sacramento, the state capitol, as their duty was to protect the state buildings, and our elected officials. The California Highway patrol are tasked with patrolling the freeways and highways that cross county jurisdictions, with the stated purpose of traffic enforcement and assisting with incidents that cross county lines. There are also California State park police, aka Rangers, who are full on police but generally limited to, guess what, state parks and some county park/open space areas that contract to the state for such services.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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  3. Here's a better article on this by l0n3s0m3phr34k · · Score: 4, Informative

    Pasadena Star News has a far better write-up on this. One, is was the California Highway Patrol. Two, the building they trespassed on is owned by the California Public Utilities Commission, which is a .gov so it's probably property belonging to the State of California ("after scaling state building" in the headline). Three, the protesters are quoted "we are occupying the PUC".