The third Keystone XL Pipeline protest in Westborough ended today with two demonstrators arrested for trespassing.
Veterans For Peace members and others stood outside the building where TransCanada's Northeast Regional Office is, 110 Turnpike Road, Suite 203, for 30 minutes, starting around 12:45 p.m., Police Chief Alan Gordon said in a press release.
One woman read a poem. The demonstrators also chanted.
A Westborough Police officer then instructed the group that the property manager wanted them to leave, and that they would be arrested for trespassing unless they complied.
One woman asked to speak with the property manager.
“They don’t want to speak with you. They want you off their property,” the officer replied.
“You have to pack up your stuff and go back to your vehicles.”
Gordon reiterated that directive.
Police arrested two of the roughly 12-member group, and charged them with trespassing: Kenneth Weiss, 35, of 54 Harrington Road, Framingham and Linda A. Jenkins, 64, of 189 Charles St., Cambridge.
Neither Weiss nor Jenkins attempted to leave the site, Gordon said. The other demonstrators did.
Both Weiss and Jenkins face arraignment in Westborough District Court on Monday, he said.
Pipeline opponents previously protested at TransCanada on Jan. 7 and March 11.
Eight people were arrested on Jan. 7. Their next Westborough District Court date is April 8.
The 25 people arrested during the March 11 protest have been placed on pre-trial probation for three months, and ordered to stay away from TransCanada.
michael horan
2:58 pm on Friday, March 22, 2013
Neither ingress not egress was blocked. Noise was at a minimum. But the word came down from a "property manager," and Westboro cops bust peaceful American protestors and drag away a 64-year old woman on orders from a Canadan megacorporation.
Linda jenkins
5:16 pm on Friday, March 22, 2013
This is Linda Jenkins, the 1st person arrested today. I actually did try to leave but wanted to know the complete name of the alleged person who told the police to get us off the property and I also tried to find out where we could legally go. Neither question was answered, instead, I was grabbed, handcuffed, put in their truck & taken to a jail, where I am at this moment, 5:04. Supposedly we are to be able to post bail & be released at 5, last I heard a couple of hours or so ago. Hasn't happened yet. Today my grandson is 21 months old. I want us to make our government do it's job for him: we have to stop polluting the Earth, we have to stop our government from being merely a tool of corporations who thrive on the continual war our government creates, stop weapons trade, stop targeting US and all citizens for uneccesary and undemocratic surveillance. All these issues are connected; none can be corrected without
Michael Gelbwasser
8:05 am on Saturday, March 23, 2013
I've removed a comment that was off-topic.