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Follow the legal proceedings of the Four Necessity Valve Turners who shut down Enbridge pipelines in Northern Minnesota. #ActOnClimate #4necessity #ValveTurners

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We are so grateful for our legal team that worked tirelessly for us, travelled to northern minnesota through the heat, snow, and ice of this #ClimateCrisis and respected all of our quirks. Thank you!!

[NYT Climate @nytclimate]

“The more I walked and the more I saw, the more sobering it all became,” one marine biologist said. “It just went on and on and on.” https://t.co/ptIL994Otm

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@ClimbitJ As we leave our campground we sang a song that has been an anthem throughout this process “there is work to be done” as the struggle for #climatejustice continues. People of conscience everywhere should be encouraged at this actions conclusion and continue to #ActOnClimate

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#climateontrial #verdict all #4necessity #valveturners are found guilty. Sentences for all are 15 days less time served and stayed (that means not imposed unless) 1 year probation is violated. Terms of probation are no contact with enbridge or property and remaining lawful.

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@ClimbitJ We are so grateful to the legal team for all their support! All the #4necessity #valveturners used their pre-sentencing statement to thank the court and express that whatever the consequences the court deemed right, this action was the only ethical route available.

[MN350 @MN_350]

“I’ve seen rice beds that are completely bone dry & bare, ...knowing that right here in Minnesota we set [temperature] records almost every day of June because it is so hot. And here we are expanding the fossil fuel industry." @zhaabowekwe

#StopLine3

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This advice was offered by Tim Phillips as responses to a variety of straw man arguments that might commonly arise during deliberation, artfully advancing the case past the most obvious barriers. We await the decision, much longer already than we anticipated. #stopline3

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But if so only to certain ideologies. The #4necessity #valveturners are not like corporations that intentionally misled us for decades. They took urgent action to address the #ClimateEmergency because asking politely wasn’t working and something else needed to be tried.

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In this #climateontrial the state has not proven who committed the crime. If someone should ask you how you found the #4necessity valveturners not guilty, you should know once your decision is made no power on earth can contradict you or punish you #ActOnClimate

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But if so only to certain ideologies. The #4necessity #valveturners are not like corporations that intentionally misled us for decades. They took urgent action to address the #ClimateEmergency because asking politely wasn’t working and something else needed to be tried.

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Tim Phillips also underscored the injustice of being convicted of a crime you did not commit and the choice of jurors for their common sense in upholding the rights of the defendants. Maybe, he said, the #4necessity #valveturners are dangerous to particular ideologies,

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It is so easy for the state to divide us in court. #waterprotectors and #ActOnClimate activists need to take care to stay on message and together to achieve the impact intended.

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The basis of the not guilty claim is something of a technicality as the #4necessity #valveturners are all charged as aiding and abetting which is defined as only possible when someone is charged with committing the crime. If all four committed the crime, who aided?

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If none committed, how did the #4necessity #valveturners abet? One possible answer - they all committed, would get them all off. One statement from Daniel suggested that he was the principal who committed the crime. Ironically this would get him off and convict the others.

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The #4necessity #valveturners action shut down 6 @enbridge pipelines as a contribution towards ending the ongoing #ClimateEmergency and they are not guilty, says Tim Phillip, lawyer, in closing arguments. #prosecutepipelinesnotprotestors #pipelinestoplowshares #stopline3

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This was done to prevent more heartbreak from the #ClimateEmergency causing superstorms and other #climatedisasters that are becoming exponentially worse as arctic warming begets more warming. The #4necessity #valveturners felt responsibility to take #ClimateAction prevent harm.

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We are living in a #ClimateEmergency said Phillips, and the traditional avenues are not adequate and have not worked for decades. The #4necessity #valveturners took action against the #ClimateCrisis and caused only superficial harm. They saw violence and responded to disarm.

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The closing arguments from Tim Phillips were eloquent and started with a friendly offer of advice for how to share the feelings and perceptions one might have about the evidence I question. Perhaps it will also help you in talking about the #ClimateCrisis #climateontrial