BREAKING: Two Brave Individuals Are Locked to a Car in the Path of the Megaload

UPDATE: 12:30

According to the jail, 16 people have been arrested in total at the Megaload Blockade—5 people from first blockade and 11 people from the second, which was organized by the Cascadia Forest Defenders.

Unconfirmed reports state that police used pain compliance holds to remove people from the blockades.

The megaload has resumed its course after a significant delay.

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UPDATE: 10:30pm,

The second blockade has been dismantled, and 8 more people have reportedly been arrested.

The large number of arrests indicate that the police have been making non-blockade related arrests on site.

More updates to come.

UPDATE 9:15pm, Second blockade goes up!

Four people have been arrested from the car at the Megaload Blockade (including the camera/media person).

Another blockade (reportedly the same type of blockade, organized by the Cascadia Forest Defenders) has gone up a mile east of John Day on Highway 26.

Police have closed off the area.

The arrestees names are Kyle Miskell, Karen Looney, Carlo Voli, and Amelia Hudson

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Stay tuned for more!

from Earth First! Newswire

Two people have locked down to a car in the path of the megaload just outside of John Day, Oregon.

Today’s blockade marks the third blockade along the megaload’s scheduled path out of Oregon—a path that will take it through Idaho, Montana, and eventually into the Alberta tar sands.

On December 2, the megaload was stalled when two activists locked themselves to the megaload itself. The next night, a group of people from Rising Tide, as well as the Umatilla and Warm Springs tribes, formed a soft, human blockade of the megaload, but were swept aside by police using excessive force.

Other allied groups working to stop the megaload include All Against the Haul and the Cascadia Forest Defenders.

The megaload’s progress has also been stalled by inclement weather, but it has managed to reach John Day by violating numerous safety protocols (observed by activists who have monitored its moves).

We will keep you updated with photos and video of the current blockade as developments occur.