The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and State Police met opposition protesters at the Mountain Valley Pipeline work site in Franklin County on Thursday. Check back with The Franklin News Post for more on this story.
Mountain Valley Pipeline protest
Photos by HEATHER ROUSSEAU
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and Virginia State Police worked Aug. 15 to remove a protester locked to equipment at a Mountain Valley Pipeline work site at Dillons Mill and Wades Gap roads.
Mountain Valley Pipeline protest
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office removed a protester from a Mountain Valley Pipeline work site in Franklin County on the morning of Aug. 15.
Mountain Valley Pipeline protest
Photo by HEATHER ROUSSEAU
A protester locked to equipment at a Mountain Valley Pipeline work site is removed by Virginia State Police on Thursday morning. Two people locked themselves to the equipment in protest of the pipeline.
Mountain Valley Pipeline protest
Emily Blankenship-Tucker, 30, with her son, Silas Henry Blankenship-Tucker, 3, both of Ferrum, watch the scene unfold with two protesters locked to equipment on a Mountain Valley Pipeline work site in Franklin County on Aug. 15. She said they were there to witness and bring attention to the protest. She planned to send her photos to a friend working with the Water Is Life Movement.
Mountain Valley Pipeline protest
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office and Virginia State Police arrived to a scene with two protesters who locked themselves to equipment on a Mountain Valley Pipeline work site in Franklin County on Aug. 15. They were located where the site crosses Wades Gap Road.
Mountain Valley Pipeline protest
A protester who locked herself to equipment at a Mountain Valley Pipeline work site in Franklin County was removed Thursday morning. Two people locked themselves to the equipment to protest the pipeline but were removed by law enforcement.
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