{"id":2212,"date":"2011-07-27T10:14:47","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T16:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=2212"},"modified":"2011-07-27T10:18:25","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T16:18:25","slug":"dechristopher-is-a-hero-and-should-not-be-a-political-prisoner-but-still-gets-two-years-in-prison-for-a-simple-act-of-civil-disobedience-designed-to-help-save-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=2212","title":{"rendered":"DeChristopher is a hero and should not be a political prisoner but still gets two years in prison for a simple act of civil disobedience designed to help save the planet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 27, 2011-by Daniel Kessler at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2011\/07\/bidder-70-sentenced.php\">treehugger.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/TimDeChristopher.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2213\" title=\"TimDeChristopher\" src=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/TimDeChristopher.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/TimDeChristopher.jpg 400w, http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/TimDeChristopher-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Tim DeChristopher, 29, the courageous activist who\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2009\/01\/bogus-blm-bidder-holds-onto-utah-land-leases.php\">posed as an oil industry bidder<\/a>\u00a0to monkeywrench an oil and gas lease sale in Utah, was sentenced this afternoon to two years in prison. &#8220;Mr. DeChristopher had many other lawful ways to express his disapproval with the oil and gas leasing process,&#8221; said U.S. District Court Judge Dee Benson at the hearing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"more\"><a name=\"more\"><\/a>But of course Tim&#8217;s disapproval, and that of millions of others, has not been heard by tone deaf policymakers content to wish away the reality of our role in climate change instead of acting.[youtube id=&#8221;cae5Pr7CHgk&#8221; w=&#8221;660&#8243; h=&#8221;440&#8243;]Tim faced a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, and he was also was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine. He was not given the ability to take a few days to prepare himself for prison and was taken into custody immediately.&#8221;Civil disobedience can&#8217;t be the order of the day,&#8221; the judge said, adding that it would lead to &#8220;chaos.&#8221; Well, I predict that the judge&#8217;s prognostication will be wrong. We&#8217;ll see when the next civil disobedience over our failed energy policy happens, and that may be in August at the<a href=\"http:\/\/tarsandsaction.org\/\">\u00a0Tar Sands sit in Washington D.C.<\/a>\u00a0Over 1,400 people have registered to get arrested to show their contempt for the Keystone XL pipeline, a 1,700 mile long fuse to the world&#8217;s biggest carbon bomb&#8211;Canada&#8217;s tar sands.<\/p>\n<p>Tim read a powerful statement at the sentencing hearing, which you can read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/view\/2011\/07\/26-13\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 27, 2011-by Daniel Kessler at treehugger.com Tim DeChristopher, 29, the courageous activist who\u00a0posed as an oil industry bidder\u00a0to monkeywrench an oil and gas lease sale in Utah, was sentenced this afternoon to two years in prison. &#8220;Mr. DeChristopher had &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=2212\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[70,25,101,102,100,103],"class_list":["post-2212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-climate-change","tag-coal","tag-hero-imprisoned","tag-oil","tag-political-crimes","tag-utah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2212"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2216,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2212\/revisions\/2216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}