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Oak Grove Extraction #6

by Cricket
Photos I took of the Oak Grove extraction on June 19.
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The last main day of extraction as June 19. The extractor did not come in the morning but did come in the afternoon. The managed to get one tree sitter, Leaf. The cut all of our lines again and Mando and I only managed to escape by my going out to a telephone pole and his going up into tiny branches of an oak. I was cut off and all the safety lines were cut. I was scared of the extreme danger to get back to the others. Later that night I decided to come down. I made a deal to get me stuff out to supporters and they posted many of my photos while I was in jail.
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This picture and the first one show damage to the oaks from the climbing spikes on the extractors boots.
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A cop films me in Safety tree.
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The cherry picker is driven into place.
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A PG & E worker comes to cut my line to the telephone pole but i stop him from ding so and he goes back down.
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Extractors grab and pull leaf off a line as they cut it. He put up a valiant struggle but against two of them he could not prevail.
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A climber comes up after me. i escape to the telephone pole line while he cuts down a fire extinguisher a full gallon jug and other equipment that goes raining down on the police on the sidewalk below.
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Police force supporters away from the extraction.
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police push supporters out of the street.
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You can't really see it in this picture but the police grabbed a woman out of her car. they claimed that she wasn't driving fast enough into the group of protesters on the street. She held he son (green shorts sticking out below branches) and screamed. She was a Deputy District Attorney and this made the police look bad.
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A second set of barricades goes up and supporters are pushed down the street.
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Workers rush up with new barricades.
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Extractors lounge in the grove after cutting all of our new lines.
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This furry caterpillar shared some time with me in safety tree.
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