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24 Arrested at Chevron Protest

HeadlineMar 17, 2008

In Richmond, California, twenty-four activists were arrested Saturday at a demonstration outside a Chevron oil refinery. Protesters criticized Chevron’s plan to upgrade the refinery, as well as the war in Iraq. At the rally, Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin told the crowd, “It is time to clear the air and say no more pollution, no more war and no more lies.”

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