{"id":2388,"date":"2011-10-07T17:02:11","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T23:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=2388"},"modified":"2011-10-07T17:03:21","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T23:03:21","slug":"red-paint-protest-disrupts-norther-arizona-jobs-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=2388","title":{"rendered":"Red Paint protest disrupts Northern Arizona University jobs fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>October 7, 2011-by Eric Betz in the <a href=\"http:\/\/azdailysun.com\/news\/local\/education\/paint-protest-disrupts-nau-jobs-fair\/article_0c9adb2b-6146-51c8-903e-8c9209e6160d.html\">Arizona Daily Sun<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A man walked into an NAU jobs fair at around 1 p.m. on Thursday and threw what appeared to be a cup of red paint at a Peabody Energy Corporation display booth, according to witnesses.<a href=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/4e8e995e39aeb.preview-300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2389\" title=\"4e8e995e39aeb.preview-300\" src=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/4e8e995e39aeb.preview-300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after that, another man walked in and released balloons that read things like &#8220;murderers,&#8221; the witness said.<\/p>\n<p>One of the men jumped on a bike and rode away, the other changed clothes and took off running south.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s possible a third suspect was filming the incident, according to NAU spokesperson Tom Bauer.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects were described as white males between 22 and 25 years of age. It&#8217;s unknown if they are students.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Northern Arizona University strongly condemns this despicable act,&#8221; NAU President John Haeger said in a statement. &#8220;This behavior disrupted an event that benefits students by connecting them with potential employers. We will pursue the individuals involved and file charges against them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Peabody Energy Corporation is the largest private coal company in the world. The corporation settled a lawsuit in August that accused it of conspiring with others to cheat the Navajo Nation out of hundreds of millions of dollars in coal royalties.<\/p>\n<p><em>Eric Betz can be reached at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ebetz@azdailysun.com\">ebetz@azdailysun.com<\/a>\u00a0or 556-2250.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 7, 2011-by Eric Betz in the Arizona Daily Sun\u00a0 A man walked into an NAU jobs fair at around 1 p.m. on Thursday and threw what appeared to be a cup of red paint at a Peabody Energy Corporation &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=2388\">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":[],"class_list":["post-2388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388","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=2388"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388\/revisions\/2393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}