[Kreweoftruth] BREAKING NEWS: Cherri Foytlin, Gulf Coast Activist and Mother, Arrested in Front of BP HDQ in New Orleans

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Cherri Foytlin, Gulf Coast Activist and Mother of Six Arrested Along With 3 Fellow Activists in Front of BP Headquarters in New Orleans




New Orleans, LA – Just In - Cherri Foytlin and three Gulf Coast activists have been arrested in front of BP Headquarters in New Orleans.  


"The time has come" says Foytlin, "we have exhausted our options, collected the facts, tried negotiation, gone from meeting to meeting.  The oil is still here.  We are still here, and we will not wait!  Take care of my people on the coast!" 


Since last summer, when Foytlin reached out to President Obama (to no avail), she has attended countless town hall meetings, community forums, and has walked from New Orleans to Washington DC in order to be sure federal officials are aware of the unresolved economic, environmental, and health devastation caused by the BP disaster.

Foytlin is one of several dozen Gulf Coast fishermen, BP clean-up workers, residents and community organizers who gathered in front of BP Headquarters in New Orleans to mark the one year anniversary of the date when the White House falsely claimed that 75% of the oil was gone from the Gulf of Mexico.  The group demanded BP and Kenneth Feinberg honor health claims and operate a transparent and fair claims process for those impacted financially. Feinberg has denied all health claims and has approved less than 40% of all claims submitted.


"It takes people who have courage to hold BP accountable.  It is deplorable that no one from BP has been arrested, yet you can arrest an activist who is standing up for the people who have been effected by BP", says Darlene Campbell, Immaculate Heart Community Development Corporation, Lucedale, MS.  


Participants also advocated for independent, non-industry funded science, particularly for turtle necropsies, a critical issue, as Gulf Coast shrimpers are being unjustly and without supporting data, blamed for the alarming increase in sea turtle deaths since the Deepwater Horizon exploded last April.




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